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Object Number 00-8-70/55406
Display Title Stone pestles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, flat round base tapered to blunt end, chipped
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 8.1 x 7.7 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55406
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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