Eguẹ
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Eguẹ (hoe blades) are a kind of farming implement used for weeding and digging. These objects would also have been used by the bronze casters to dig for Ulakpa (red earth) used during the brass-casting process. In Edo, the term Aho can also be used to described Eguẹ. In institutional collections, sometimes only the Eguẹ blades remains, since they become separated from their wooden handles. As... Read more
Eguẹ (hoe blades) are a kind of farming implement used for weeding and digging. These objects would also have been used by the bronze casters to dig for Ulakpa (red earth) used during the brass-casting process. In Edo, the term Aho can also be used to described Eguẹ.
In institutional collections, sometimes only the Eguẹ blades remains, since they become separated from their wooden handles. As with Afian, members of the Igun-Ematon would make the blades of tools to the Igbesanmwan, and they would make their own handles (Dark, 1973, p.57).
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