Cast of a stone poi pestle

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Object Number 68-12-70/1494

Display Title Cast of a stone poi pestle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Cast, hook shape with cylindrical shaft and knobbed top with two depressions

Classification

Casting

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / United States / Hawaii

Materials Plaster, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 18 x 12.4 x 8.7 cm (7 1/16 x 4 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 1494

Provenance

Donor Smithsonian Institution (1869)

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