Hoe or Currency Blade

African

  • Titles Hoe or Currency Blade (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 9 1/8 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (23.2 x 31.8 x 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.208
  • Work Type hoe or currency blade
  • Classification Exchange Media

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Cast silver band bracelet, open at underside of wrist, inlaid with ebony; engraved and punched linear and repeating geometric patterns
Mask with handle
Oval-shaped vessel tapers to narrow, flat base. Narrow curved neck has flaring rim; shoulder has five rows of raised bumps. Body of vessel has four rows of repeating incised garlands.
Tent Pole, Tuareg people, Sahel region, West Africa, African, carved wood