Cultivator hoe
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A cultivator hoe with a wooden handle. The elongated wooden handle ends in a carved ball shape at the top and has two sharp metal digging blades at the bottom that project from the base of the handle. The blades are in slots in the handle and secured with a metal band wrapped around the bottom of the handle and a rivet embedded in the handle shaft at the top of the blade. There is a short digging blade that extends diagonally upwards and ends in a point, and a long one that is a sharp, curved, hook that bends sharply downwards and ends in a point. The blades are flat and narrow.
place: label: Place used
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.21
objectType: label: Type
content: hoes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 49 13/16 × 6 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (126.5 × 16.5 × 4 cm)