Adze
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, cylindrical, roughly smooth haft of light colored wood. Rounded bulge at one end, pierced by socket for head. Head is long, wedge-shaped, and flared at one end with slightly convex edge. Passes completely through the haft, angled slightly downward. Some rust. Metal is reforged truck springs, according to the collector. Probably tool known as "ekonkoli", used as a hoe for clearing vegetation.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guerina, Casamance River Area, Senegal, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Diola (Jola or Dyula)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361324
label: USNM Number
content: E423924-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 75 cm
label: Width - With Blade
content: 36 cm
label: Circumference - Handle
content: 15 cm