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Object Number 2005.13.5
Display Title Stone vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Stone vessel
Inventory Description Mortar?, ground stone, flaring sides, rounded base, uneven rim is chipped
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1929 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Choiseul Island
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 11.2 x 11.9 cm (5 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2005.13.5; CHOISEUL / M###
Credit Line Gift of the family of Ernst Mayr
Provenance
Collector Dr. Ernst W. Mayr (1929-1930 - 2005)
Donor Susanne Harrison (8/17/05)

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