Garden Hoe

Object/Artifact

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Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum and Gardens

Name/Title

Garden Hoe

Entry/Object ID

1955.2.1

Description

Hoe, rounded blade used by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sr. "Six foot one he stood, and yet he scarcely stooped; with his right hand he grasped the handle near its end and always in the same way, with his thumb length-wise on the wood, the four fingers clasped underneath, and the end of the stock not projecting from the back of the hand. Four inches from the end a hollow has been worn by the ball of the thumb, and underneath are furrows where the fingers grasped." -"My Father's Hoe", from The Harvest, L. H. Bailey

Category

Tier 1

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1841

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Hoe, Garden

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cultivation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Agricultural T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Liberty Hyde Bailey Sr.

Related Places

Place

City

South Haven, Michigan, USA

Continent

North America

Web Links and URLs

The essay, "My Father's Hoe" by Liberty Hyde Bailey

Provenance

Notes

Last Owner: Liberty H. Bailey Sr.

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibit