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Carved wooden pestle
Object Number 55-26-60/10529
Display Title Carved wooden pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, cylindrical, rounded end, knob, incised, grooved lines, cracked
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Pakistan / Sindh
Additional Geographic Terms Tatta, Southeast of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34.5 x 4.7 x 4.8 cm (13 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-26-60/10529

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