Fulcrum shovel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Robert B. Richardson
label: Donor Name
content: Robert B. Richardson
notes: label: Notes
content: Long agricultural implement. Haft cylindrical, roughly smoothed of dark colored wood with knob at upper end. Spatulate blade has ridge down the middle. Flat, wide metal blade with convex edge fits around end of the wooden blade proper. All lashed to handle by strips of rattan or cane. Handle is cut in three sections. Metal part of blade is loosely attached. Called "kadyendo" by the Diola. Used to loosen the earth. Metal is reforged truck springs, according to the collector.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Jola men brace the shovel handle on their thighs as they turn the soil. This shovel is from an experimental rice station where farmers test new strains of rice."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Guerina, Casamance River Area, Senegal, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Diola (Jola or Dyula)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361324
label: USNM Number
content: E423928-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hoe
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 263 cm
label: Length - Blade
content: 59.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Blade
content: 16 cm