Metal grater, usually attached to a crude bench on which the woman sits

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Object Number 47-44-50/6167

Display Title Metal grater, usually attached to a crude bench on which the woman sits

Descriptions

Object Description Metal grater, usually attached to a crude bench on which the woman sits as she grates the coconut into a dish on the ground

Inventory Description Grater, iron bar, hooked one end, flat serrated disc on other end

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Inhambane

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm (8 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 47-44-50/6167; 3; #44

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