Chisel
37-22-91
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-91 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| 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 | 69 cm |
| Width | 4.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 143 - Collector Number |
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