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Small mortar for pepper
Object Number 32-61-50/B5150
Display Title Small mortar for pepper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden mortar, cyllindrical, chipped rim.
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tananarive
  • Imerinu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 10.5 x 7.7 x 7.7 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-61-50/B5150; 184762

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