Large wooden mortar for grinding corn. Wood may be cyprus. 36x36x44 cm.

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Object Number 36-49-10/6128

Display Title Large wooden mortar for grinding corn. Wood may be cyprus. 36x36x44 cm.

Descriptions

Object Description Large wooden mortar for grinding corn. Wood may be cyprus. 36x36x44 cm.

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Seminole

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Florida

Additional Geographic Terms Glade Cross Mission; Everglades

Materials Wood

Dimensions 36 x 36 x 44 cm

Provenance

Collector Deaconess Harriet M. Bedell (1936)

Donor Dr. Thomas Barbour (1936)

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