Wooden sago pounder

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Object Number 39-17-70/1440

Display Title Wooden sago pounder

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved wooden pounder, blunt base, tapering to pointed finial, cracked

Classification

Pounder

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Nuboai
Nubuai

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Dutch New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Waropen Coast; Geelvink Bay

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 57.9 x 4 x 3.5 cm (22 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-17-70/1440

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