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Pounding pestle
Object Number 2006.38.185
Display Title Pounding pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Pounding pestle, wood
Inventory Description Pestle, cylindrical wood handle, cylindrical head, cracked, incised lines
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Culture
  • Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 6 x 5 cm (13 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.38.185
Credit Line In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Owner Lavi Daniel (1993)
Owner Diane Dixon (1993)
Collector Jean-Pierre Hallet (Before 1980? - 1993)
Donor Renee C. Bertrand

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