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Object Number
00-8-70/55724
Display Title
Limestone pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pestle, carved limestone, flared and flattened at head, four tapered points at top of handle, twisted fiber cordage wrapped around handle
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
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Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Limestone , Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 17 × 11.3 × 11.3 cm (6 11/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55724
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