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Shoe hoe blade

mid 19th-mid 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

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

A shoe hoe blade. The blade is constructed from a single piece of rectangular metal that tapers into points at each end. There is a square eye through the center of the blade. The blade is heavily rusted. The blade points curves inward and the flat sides of the blade curve in the opposite direction.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.84

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