Hoe from Liberia
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: An iron hoe from Liberia. The hoe has a short, carved, wooden handle. The top portion of the handle is stained black. The knob on the bottom of the handle is wider than the handle grip and are slightly rounded. The iron blade is lanceolate shaped with the long edges of the blade curved inwards towards the handle. The blade comes to a sharp point at the cutting edge. The blade projects from the handle at a forty-five (45) degree angle. The tang of the blade is threaded through the body of the handle and bent downwards against the back of the handle. White hand painted text on the exposed portion of the tang reads [R500].
place: label: Place used
content: Liberia, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
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: 2017.108.23.47
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
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: iron and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15 9/16 × 38 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (39.5 × 98.5 × 16.5 cm)