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Object Number
2007.4.75.1
Display Title
Grinding stone for thanaka
Descriptions
Object Description
Grinding stone for making thanaka powder and other fragrant powders
Inventory Description
Metate, ground stone, round, three legs, white pigment
Classification
- Metate
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1957-1958 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Burma
/
Yangon
/
Shwepyitha
/
Bonshegon Village
Materials
Stone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 20 x 20 cm (1 9/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2007.4.75.1
Credit Line
Gift of Hazel Hitson Weidman, Ph. D. '59
Provenance
Collector
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-1958 - 11/18/07)
Donor
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-1958 - 11/18/07)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007.4.75.2 | Thanaka wood and other samples |
Floral
|
Bonshegon Village
| |
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Metate
|
Nicaragua
| |
| 2002.1.1853 | Metate and mano |
Metate
|
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| |
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|
Nevada
| |
| 973-16-50/11497 | Granite stone, one side flattened, used to grind something |
Metate
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 973-16-50/11504 | Metate |
Metate
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 79-14-20/17651 | Metate |
Metate
|
San Luis Potosi
| |
| 03-24-20/C3637 | Metate and roller |
Metate
|
Las Badras
| |
| 13-26-10/85224 | Metate and muller |
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|
United States
| |
| 79-14-20/17448 | Metate |
Raw Material
Metate |
Federal District
| |
| 27-5-70/D2961 | Metate |
Metate
|
Hawaii
| |
| 2004.29.4356 | Woman grinding black alder bark which is applied to buckskin in the powder form |
New Mexico
|