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Object Number 67-10-70/240
Display Title Stone pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Poi pounder, ground stone, curving T-shaped handle, flaring base, chipped
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1793
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 14.7 x 14 cm (6 5/16 x 5 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 240
Provenance
Collector William Hoogs (1793)
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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