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Object Number 25-50-70/D2593.1
Display Title Poi pounders
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, round base, abraded, tapered to knobbed handle, black
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 11.6 x 11.4 cm (7 1/16 x 4 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D - 2593.1
Provenance
Collector Mrs. John G. Dexter (1866 ca.)
Donor Mrs. Eleanor Gifford (1925)

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Poi pounders
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