Wooden hoe handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Long handle with curve at the top. At the top is a carved head. It is very stylized with deep, angular eyebrows and nose, and a tall angular headdress or hairstyle. Small hole drilled through side of handle near the top.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes say that the "carved head... recalls either Bamana or Marka sculpture" She purchased it at a small market "en route Segou-Mopti at San Mali" in 1965. References: Lem, H-F. 1949. Sudanese Sculpture. Plate 57.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431634-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hoe
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 40.5 cm
label: Width
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height
content: 4 cm