TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

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Type of Object:
    Hoe Currency
    19th c.

    This wonderful antique iron hoe was once used by the
    Ibo Tribe in the Benue States of northeast Nigeria in
    West Africa as a primitive but very effective cultivation
    tool.  Hand forged from iron and is a wonderful
    collector display piece.

Ethnic Group:
    Ibo

Country of Origin:  
    Nigeria


Material:   
    Iron

Dimensions:
    12" long, while the blade is 4" long by 2 3/4" wide and
    1/8" thick.

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