Hoe or Currency Blade

African

  • Titles Hoe or Currency Blade (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 8 x 6 1/2 x 1 in. (20.3 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.211
  • Work Type hoe or currency blade
  • Classification Exchange Media

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Blackish-brown glossy vessel has round bottom and slopes inward toward mouth in rounded tiers. Body has incised bands, some filled with herringbone pattern, concentric arcs, and sections of parallel vertical lines.