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Hoe Head
1967
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Arrowhead, made by a blacksmith by a blacksmith from scrap iron. Heated to red hot and beaten to whatever shape needed for making arrowhead. Often it is narrow at one end and it is this portion that is fitted to the arrow stick. Black in colour with poison stains.
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Details
- Title: Hoe Head
- Date Created: 1967
- Location: Kenya
- Type: Hoe Head
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Iron
- Photographer: Gibsphotography
- Local Name: Ka Bemba
- Community: Agricultral Pokot
- Collection Date: 1969-08-03
- Collected By: Jean Brown
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