Billhook

Tool for cutting undergrowth in forest areas and preparing the ground for planting. Likely to have been made from locally-smelted iron, possibly from Ola-Igbi.

Obtained by the Rev. Henry Townsend, in Abeokuta before 1866.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
E1392
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Tools for farm and craft
Collection Area Region
W
Material
woodiron
Common Name
billhook
Simple Name
billhook
Production Town
Abeokuta
Production County
SW Nigeria
Production Country
Nigeria
Production Year High
1868

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