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Object Number
48-56-70/3145
Display Title
Stone pestle for pounding bread fruit, plantains, or bruising taro
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pestle, ground stone, conical base, upcurving T-shaped handle
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
Cook Islands
/
Mangaia?
Additional Geographic Terms
Hervey Islands?; Cook Islands?
Materials
Alabaster
Dimensions
Overall: 19.1 x 9.3 x 8.9 cm (7 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-56-70/3145/ 15/ 27/ 35/ Poi
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Harry Clark
(1917 - 1948)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81-5-30/24146 | Roasted plantains |
Floral
|
Suriname
Dutch Guiana | |
| 2004.29.11900 | Bene girl mashing plantains |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.7424.1 | Plantains |
Kisangani
| ||
| 2004.24.6857 | Children mashing plantains for supper |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.7424.2 | Plantains |
Kisangani
| ||
| 00-8-70/55637 | Mallet for pounding pandanas fruit |
Pestle
|
Tarawa
| |
| 2006.38.186 | Pounding pestle |
Pestle
|
Zaire
| |
| 2006.38.185 | Pounding pestle |
Pestle
|
Zaire
| |
| 08-17-10/73399 | Pestle for pounding clay in pottery making |
Pestle
|
North Carolina
| |
| 49-14-50/8318 | Large wooden pestle for pounding grain. Mwisi |
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|
Nyasaland
| |
| 28-1-20/C10439 | Bruising stone with handles |
Pounding Stone
|
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| |
| 10-47-70/80134 | Pestle |
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|
Society Islands
|