Accession No
1949.600 B
Description
A bone hoe, with a rectangular shaped head with a curved cutting edge and a tapered shaft.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Tanzania; Central Province; Kondoa District; Goima
Period
Source
Fosbrooke, Henry Albert [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1949.600 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
235mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Neg.No. 50.19.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.600 A-B: 'Two bone hoes'
Event Date 1949
Author: maa
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1949.600 A-B: 'used by the Burungi tribe. The old men of the tribe can remember using such implements in pre-European days. This is interesting as the Rangi tribe only 15 miles away smelted their own iron and made hoes etc, but little inter-tribal contact existed.'
Event Date 1949
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1949.600 A-B: 'picked up on the surface... [The "Ghee" fat impregnating the bones was spilt on them accidentally in transit].''
Event Date 5/4/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
A bone hoe, with a rectangular shaped head with a curved cutting edge and a tapered shaft.
Event Date 5/4/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:296094
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