Accession No
1938.381
Description
Wooden spade. One end is the same thickness as the shaft and broadly rectangular in profile; other end is large and flattened with a broadly rectangular shape; on this end the edges and the tip taper and are thinner than the shaft; the shaft is short and squared off on two sides.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Odisha; Mayurbhanj; Karanjia
Period
Source
Samson, Otto William (Dr) [field collector]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1938.381; 705
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
1197mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object label affixed by string reads: '705. Spade for digging. Karanjia.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession register: Spade, wooden.
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Field collection)
Accession register notes that 1938.380-382 were collected by D. O. Samson 'with [19]37.1093-1316'.
Event Date 29/8/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Wooden spade. One end is the same thickness as the shaft and broadly rectangular in profile; other end is large and flattened with a broadly rectangular shape; on this end the edges and the tip taper and are thinner than the shaft; the shaft is short and squared off on two sides.
Event Date 6/1/2025
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2025.6197 | Freezing
Event Date 20/5/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:281197
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