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Object Number
88-51-10/50015
Display Title
Ivory food masher or bone crusher
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Beater, carved ivory club, heavily worn, incised cross design at end of handle
Classification
- Beater
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Alaska, Southwest: Aleutian Peninsula
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 30.6 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (12 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50015 & 127635 & Alaska\Johnson
Provenance
Collector
J. W. Johnson
(01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50035 | Ivory food masher and bone crusher or seal club |
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Beater
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Cameroon
| |
| 985-27-10/59469 | Sioux pemmican masher. Fixed stone head. Wood handle covered w/ rawhide. Three q |
Beater
|
United States
| |
| 00-8-70/55304 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55302 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 92-21-50/51042 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 92-21-50/51041 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 92-21-50/51040 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 42-25-30/3958 | Clod-crusher - wooden handle; hafted stone head |
Agricultural
|
Peru
| |
| 56-41-70/3798 | Stone poi masher (or Penu) |
Food processing
|
Tubuai
| |
| 56-41-70/3803 | Stone poi masher or penu |
Food processing
|
Bora Bora
Leeward Group | |
| 88-51-10/50683 | War club of wood in shape of a potato masher |
Club
|
Arizona
|