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Wooden pestle
Object Number 58-43-50/10268
Display Title Wooden pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, cylindrical, rounded ends, white residue 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: 48.5 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm (19 1/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10268
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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