Draw hoe blade fragment from Elizafield Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A fragment of a draw hoe blade from Elizafield Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia. The blade has a thick, rounded, vertical metal eye that sits at the back of the blade. The top edge of the eye slopes slightly diagonally towards the blade. The center of the blade is thick and raised in a wedge shape that extends toward the front of the blade edge. The front edge of the blade is missing. The remaining fragment of the front blade edge is heavily rusted, uneven, and roughly rounded.

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