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Object Number 32-61-50/B5149
Display Title Double mortar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden mortar, 2 cylindrical attached receptacles, perforated.
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Betsileo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 18.4 x 8 cm (5 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-61-50/B5149; 317; 184900

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