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Small wooden pestles
Object Number 29-76-50/H1113.2
Display Title Small wooden pestles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, carved wood, incised, flared at base, perforated with braided fiber loop
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 5.5 x 5 cm (11 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-76-50/H1113.2

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Small wooden pestles
29-76-50/H1113.1 Small wooden pestles
Raw Material
Pestle
Liberia
Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
971-2-50/11574A Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
Pestle
Africa
Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
971-2-50/11574D Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
Pestle
Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
971-2-50/11574C Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
Pestle
Africa
Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
971-2-50/11574B Pestles, a) 19.5 in.; b) 20 in.; c) 22.5 in.; d) 16.5 in.
Pestle
Africa
Wooden pestles
29-76-50/H1049.1 Wooden pestles
Mortar
Africa
Stone pestles
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Pestle
California
Pestle, carved wood, plain, slightly flared ends, stained & cracked
49-14-50/8215.1 Pestle, carved wood, plain, slightly flared ends, stained & cracked
Pestle
Nyasaland
Pestle, linear incised ball head on cylindrical shaft, perforated end, fiber loo
975-12-70/5439A Pestle, linear incised ball head on cylindrical shaft, perforated end, fiber loo
Pestle
Ndende Island
Wooden pestles
29-76-50/H1049 Wooden pestles
Mortar
Liberia
Stone pestles
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Pestle
French Polynesia
Pestle, carved wood, plain, rounded ends
49-14-50/8215.2 Pestle, carved wood, plain, rounded ends
Pestle
Nyasaland