Chisel

Object Number:

37-22-91

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Sherbro

Provenience:

Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island

Section:

African

Materials:

Iron
Wood

Description:

Woodworkers tool. Used together with an axe or adze for the first rough shaping of the log or billet from which an implement, utensil, or figure, etc., is to be carved. The blades of this and the other tools were made by native blacksmiths. See 37-22-92, etc., 96, 97.

Length:

69cm

Width:

4.6cm

Credit Line:

Museum Expedition to Sierra Leone, 1936-1937; Henry Usher Hall