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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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Pestle
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French Polynesia
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| 27-5-70/D2975.2 | Pestle, poi pounder, concave base, abraded, tapered to blunt end |
Pestle
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Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2975.1 | Pestle, poi pounder, abraded round base tapered to blunt end, porous |
Pestle
|
Hawaii
| |
| 00-8-70/55788 | Poi pestle |
Pestle
|
French Polynesia
| |
| 85-7-70/37687 | Poi pounder |
Pestle
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 94-57-70/R1974 | Poi pounder |
Pestle
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 85-7-70/37686 | Poi pounder |
Pestle
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 25-50-70/D2593 | Poi pounders |
Pestle
|
Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2972 | Poi pounder |
Pestle
|
Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2975 | Poi pounder |
Pestle
|
Hawaii
| |
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Pestle
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Mangaia Island
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