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Object Number
00-8-70/55405
Display Title
Wooden pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pestle, carved wood, conical body and top, worn, chipped, cracked
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 20.6 x 8 x 7.4 cm (8 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55405
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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