| Object Number | P443B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Peel |
| Description | Weeding tool. Blueng. "The heaviest part of keeping down the weeds falls to the women, who rise with the sun. . . and start off in rain or shine for the [rice] fields, in parties of six or eight, armed with their little, short-handled, lop-sided hoes." (Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters). Cylindrical handle, braided rattan peel where the blade is inserted in the handle. The blade is offset. |
| Length | 34.9 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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