Ard, with curved handle and foot rest attached

Made:
1851-1920

Ard, with curved handle and foot rest attached, made of rough wood with bark, blade made of tusk, used for scratch ploughing, from Africa(?) or Far East(?), 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656685
Materials:
wood and ivory, tusk
type:
ards