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Wooden pestle
Object Number 993-29-50/12385
Display Title Wooden pestle
Descriptions
Object Description "Eta" wooden pestle, lathe-turned, hour-glass shape, rounded ends
Inventory Description Carved wooden pestle, hourglass shape, incised.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Akan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 6 x 6 cm (3 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-29-50/12385
Provenance
Collector Dr. Gladys Freedman (7/1978 - 10/12/1993)
Donor Dr. Gladys Freedman (7/1978 - 10/12/1993)

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