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Pestle
Object Number 988-18-50/12477
Display Title Pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Pestle
Inventory Description Carved wooden pestle, annular grooves, incised, tapered 1 end, flat other end.
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Akan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 47.7 x 6.5 x 6 cm (18 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12477
Provenance
Provenance Abdourahamane Mounkaila (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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