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Object Number
973-42-50/11730
Display Title
Pounder used to prepare coffee (muka moyay)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Muka moyay
Object Description
"Muka moyay": small pounder used to prepare coffee, 17.5 in. l.
Inventory Description
Mano, carved wood, cylindrical, inner carved center, burned
Classification
- Mano
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972-1973
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
/
Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 47.2 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm (18 9/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-42-50/11730
Provenance
Collector
Bonnie Holcomb
(1972/1973)
Seller
Bonnie Holcomb
(1973)
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