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Object Number 00-8-70/55637
Display Title Mallet for pounding pandanas fruit
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, carved wood, bell shaped head, cylindrical handle, cracked, abraded
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands / Tarawa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 15 x 14.3 cm (12 x 5 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55637

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