Hoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Mar 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Camp
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. John H. Camp
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A FLAT BROAD BLADE WITH A LONG TANG; SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF USE AS A TOOL. A BLADE OF THIS GENERAL SHAPE IS ILLUSTRATED IN MAHIEU, NUMISMATIQUE DU CONGO 1485-1924, P. 25, LABELED "LIBAKO." HOWEVER, IN THE TEXT (SAME PAGE) LIBAKO IS DESCRIBED AS ONLY 8 CM. LONG AND 4 CM. WIDE. IT IS SAID TO BE A KIND OF IRON HOE USED WITH ADZES IN MAKING CANOES ON THE UPPER CONGO. POSSIBLY THEY WERE MADE IN VARIOUS SIZES.-G.D.G."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lake Tumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bangi
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028914
label: USNM Number
content: E169188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hoe