Hoe
87-34-17B
From: Venezuela | Mariusarao
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Nahuru | Nahurukoina |
| Object Number | 87-34-17B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Mariusarao |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | 12/1987 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Palm Wood |
| Description | Made with wooden shaft to which a palm wood blade is hafted at right angles with moriche leaf fiber cord. Presently dismantled. Used by men to remove palm starch form the moriche palm tree. Made by Biwa Perez, 12/87. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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