Trowel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Curved piece of wood. One end is pointed, curves out slightly in the middle, and then straightens out to into a handle at the other end. Many scratches from use. Two deep notches on both sides.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "trowel (tappirgal) used by Peul [Fulani] women in the Futa Djallon for tapping and smoothing down earthen floors. The notch is a mark of identification for its owner; a woman owns only one such trowel during her lifetime. [I] obtained at Gaoual, Guinea, [in] 1979, while the women were finishing a new terrace floor. When I asked about getting one, they returned with it. From a deceased relative, they said. Carved by the local blacksmiths."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gaoual, Guinea, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fulani
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431633-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trowel
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 37 cm
label: Width
content: 8 cm
label: Height
content: 11.5 cm