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Pounding stones for mangetti nuts (//ga)
Object Number 58-43-50/10271
Display Title Pounding stones for mangetti nuts (//ga)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term //ga
Inventory Description Hammer, carved pounding stone, flat bottom with concave portion
Classification
  • Hammer
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Gautsche Pan, vicinity of; Kai Kai, ca. 20 mi W of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 14 x 8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10271
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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Pounding stones for mangetti nuts (//ga)
58-43-50/10271.1 Pounding stones for mangetti nuts (//ga)
Hammer
Botswana
Namibia
Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
2001.29.16226 Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Three stones used for cracking nuts, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25255 Three stones used for cracking nuts, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three men sitting with Nicholas England, one working on arrows, one pounding mangetti nuts, with Nicholas England sitting behind them
2001.29.15441 Three men sitting with Nicholas England, one working on arrows, one pounding mangetti nuts, with Nicholas England sitting behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Stones (nlumi-n!um !ao) for pounding n/z powder
58-43-50/10273 Stones (nlumi-n!um !ao) for pounding n/z powder
Hammer
Botswana
Namibia
Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
2001.29.16669 Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
2001.29.16668 Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Hammerstone used to crush nuts for soup
08-17-10/73426 Hammerstone used to crush nuts for soup
Mano
North Carolina
Image Not Available for Mangetti nuts under a mangetti tree from the road
2001.29.29136 Mangetti nuts under a mangetti tree from the road
Omaheke
Image Not Available for Mangetti nuts under a mangetti tree from the road
2001.29.23390 Mangetti nuts under a mangetti tree from the road
Omaheke
[No folder title]: Boys gathering mangetti nuts (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.735 [No folder title]: Boys gathering mangetti nuts (print is a cropped image)
Mangetti Forest
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife) cooking a pot full mangetti nuts on a fire (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30424 [No folder title]: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife) cooking a pot full mangetti nuts on a fire (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha