Hoe
- Object Name:
- Hoe
- Object ID:
- 1994.508.59
- Description:
- Chopper, hoe-shaped. Iron/steel. Tapered flat blade about 8.8" long. Tapers from 4.6" down to 3" wide. Heavy round shank that flares into blade with mid-rib approximately 6" long. Bottom edge of blade curved with short beveled edge inside surface. Blade stock 0.25" at top; 0.15" before tapered bottom cutting surface. With blade in vertical position, round shaft curves around and down to about 45 degrees from vertical where it then tapers and bends outward to just below horizontal. It becomes much thinner in height near its rounded end. Small vertical hole, 0.2" diameter. Definite tool and hammer marks where shank goes from round cross-section to the flattened, rectangular area. Top edge of blade near shank rounded but not quite symmetrical.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-6.3 W-9.9 D-4.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Loaned to Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in 1953; returned in 1983.
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