Hoe or Currency Blade

African

  • Titles Hoe or Currency Blade (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (26.7 x 19.1 x 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.79
  • Work Type hoe or currency blade
  • Classification Exchange Media

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One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.
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