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Sago pounder or "kaprit," made of wooden head ("karmi") driven into +
Sago pounder or "kaprit," made of wooden head ("karmi") driven into +
Object Number 39-17-70/1157
Display Title Sago pounder or "kaprit," made of wooden head ("karmi") driven into +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kaprit
Inventory Description Mortar, cut bamboo tube with fiber binding attached to split wood rod
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56.4 x 16 x 10 cm (22 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1157

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