Stone used for grinding and crushing seeds, roots, and berries

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Object Number 25-46-70/D2452

Display Title Stone used for grinding and crushing seeds, roots, and berries

Descriptions

Inventory Description Pounding stone, ovate, polished, rounded edges

Classification

Tools
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Murchison / Peak Hill

Additional Geographic Terms Horse Shoe

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 11.7 x 8.7 x 3.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D2452

Provenance

Previous owner Previously owned by Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)

Collector Unknown (1924)

Seller Unknown (1925)

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