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Object Number
49-14-50/8214
Display Title
Flour pounding mortar. Ituli
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ituli
Inventory Description
Mortar, cylindrical wood, tapered midsection, 4 nodes, blk surface
Classification
- Mortar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 30.9 x 18 x 17.6 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8214
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