Name/TitleBeet or Root Hook
About this objectThis beet hook has a turned handle, a ferrule, a long, narrow blade curving slightly downward and cut away near the end to half its width, leaving the top half to curl downwards more sharply as a pointed spike. The handle is split for about half its length from the ferrule but still seems serviceable.
The colour of the hook is variable brown.
Medium and MaterialsHandle: wood
Ferrule and blade: iron
Inscription and MarksStamped centre of blade (unclear and incomplete): D.A. TVKALK?U
MeasurementsLength: 427 mm
Handle length: 110 mm
Handle widest diameter: 30 mm
Ferrule length: 12 mm
Ferrule diameter: 23 mm
Full width of blade upper curve length: 250 mm
Blade width: 30 mm
Spike upper curve length: 90 mm
Object numberSTMEA:2002-13
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
