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Wooden pestle
Object Number 58-43-50/10267
Display Title Wooden pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden pestle (stick)
Inventory Description Wood stick, pestle?, worn at one end
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Gautsche Pan, vicinity of; Kai Kai, ca. 20 mi W of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm (18 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10267
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer)

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