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Wooden pestle for making corn meal
Wooden pestle for making corn meal
Object Number 23-33-50/B3533
Display Title Wooden pestle for making corn meal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Large carved wooden implement, curved.
Classification
  • Food processing
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 30 x 8.8 cm (12 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3533
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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