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Object Number 2000.29.46
Display Title Currency
Descriptions
Object Description Currency
Inventory Description Hoe blade, flat, rectangular head, central tapered stem
Classification
  • Hoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chamba
  • Chamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 16.3 x 5.1 x 0.4 cm (6 7/16 x 2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.46
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Currency
2000.29.47 Currency
Hoe
Cameroon
Nigeria
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.16 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Africa
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.18 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Nigeria
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.110 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.17 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.108 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.14 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Nigeria?
Cameroon?
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.40.2 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon?
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.40.1 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon?
Currency, hoe form
2000.29.109 Currency, hoe form
Hoe
Cameroon
Native made iron hoe from local iron ore deposits Kasu
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Hoe
Nyasaland
Iron hoe, made by smiths to sell at markets
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Hoe
Cameroon