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Object Number
56-41-70/3803
Display Title
Stone poi masher or penu
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone poi masher or penu
Inventory Description
Masher, carved stone, ridged, rectangular handle, flared body, rounded base
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Society Islands
/
Bora Bora
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Society Islands / Leeward Group
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Society Islands / Leeward Group
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 10 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
56-41-70/3803
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56-41-70/3804 | Poi masher or penu |
Food processing
|
Raivavae
Vaiiuru | |
| 56-41-70/3798 | Stone poi masher (or Penu) |
Food processing
|
Tubuai
| |
| 05-7-10/65528 | Wooden masher |
Food processing
|
Alaska
| |
| 00-8-70/55303 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Pestle
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55302 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55304 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 17-17-10/87100 | Berry masher, cedar |
Pestle
|
Kwakiutl Village
| |
| 985-27-10/59469 | Sioux pemmican masher. Fixed stone head. Wood handle covered w/ rawhide. Three q |
Beater
|
United States
| |
| 21-14-10/87685 | Blubber pounder, also described as musk ox horn blubber masher. 22x13.5x6.5 cm. |
Pounder
|
Nunavut
| |
| 88-51-10/50035 | Ivory food masher and bone crusher or seal club |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 27-5-70/D2966 | Poi pounder |
Food processing
|
Hawaii
| |
| 88-51-10/50015 | Ivory food masher or bone crusher |
Beater
|
Alaska
|