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Object Number 47-68-50/7264
Display Title Nether stone for grain mill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grinding stone, discoidal, perforated at center, chipped and abraded
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • El Fahs of Tangier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Morocco / Tangier
Intrasite Village of Mediouna
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 49 x 8.5 cm (19 1/2 x 19 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-68-50/7264
Provenance
Donor Mohamed bin Hamid Tuzani

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Tangier
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Abrading Stone
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Mill
Tangier
Grinding stone (nether). somewhat ovoid, thick. slightly concave grinding surfac
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Abrading Stone
Los Muertos
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Mortar
Los Muertos
Grinding-abrading stone (nether). irregular block with two smooth slightly conca
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Abrading Stone
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Abrading Stone
Los Muertos
Grinding stone (nether). nearly circular, shallow, bowl. pecked into shape. shal
46-73-10/54163 Grinding stone (nether). nearly circular, shallow, bowl. pecked into shape. shal
Mortar
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for Basket for grain ground on grain mill (quarn)
47-68-50/7271 Basket for grain ground on grain mill (quarn)
Tangier
Grain mill (quarn) - pivot
47-68-50/7267 Grain mill (quarn) - pivot
Mill
Tangier
Grain mill (quarn) - handle pin
47-68-50/7269 Grain mill (quarn) - handle pin
Mill
Tangier