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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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