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Object Number
56-41-70/3804
Display Title
Poi masher or penu
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tool, carved stone, rectangular handle, flared to wide base, rounded end
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
<County>
/
Vaiiuru
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands / Raivavae
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands / Raivavae
Additional Geographic Terms
Austral Islands
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 12.4 x 7.4 x 7.4 cm (4 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
56-41-70/3804
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56-41-70/3803 | Stone poi masher or penu |
Food processing
|
Bora Bora
Leeward Group | |
| 56-41-70/3798 | Stone poi masher (or Penu) |
Food processing
|
Tubuai
| |
| 05-7-10/65528 | Wooden masher |
Food processing
|
Alaska
| |
| 27-5-70/D2966 | Poi pounder |
Food processing
|
Hawaii
| |
| 00-8-70/55302 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55304 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Beater
|
Fiji
| |
| 85-7-70/37689 | Poi pounder |
Pounder
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 17-17-10/87100 | Berry masher, cedar |
Pestle
|
Kwakiutl Village
| |
| 00-8-70/55303 | Ai-vutu-ni-vakalolo - pudding masher |
Pestle
|
Fiji
| |
| 88-51-10/50015 | Ivory food masher or bone crusher |
Beater
|
Alaska
| |
| 22-2-50/B3611 | Wooden food masher |
Beater
|
Cameroon
| |
| 985-27-10/59469 | Sioux pemmican masher. Fixed stone head. Wood handle covered w/ rawhide. Three q |
Beater
|
United States
|