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Object Number 27-5-70/D2961
Display Title Metate
Descriptions
Inventory Description Metate, lava rock disc with worn depression at center, chipped rim
Classification
  • Metate
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Lava
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 24.9 x 23 cm (3 9/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2961
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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