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Shovel
- Description
- A small spade shovel with metal head inserted into a wood shaft and a plastic handle. This type of handle is referred to as the 'D' handle. D handled shovels are in contrast to 'staff' shovels which are longer, have no conventional handle, and are gripped along their shaft.
This item blonged to (?)…
- Title
- Treeplanting Shovel
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- A small spade shovel with metal head inserted into a wood shaft and a plastic handle. This type of handle is referred to as the 'D' handle. D handled shovels are in contrast to 'staff' shovels which are longer, have no conventional handle, and are gripped along their shaft.
This item blonged to (?) Glass, a tree planting contractor that lived in in Telkwa. Glass gave the donor this shovel 5 - 10 years ago and the donor displayed it in his barbershop since then.
- Inscriptions
- "[illegible] TEMPERED" is written on the metal part where it connects to the wooden shaft
- Accession No.
- 2017.126.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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