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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55536 | Limestone mallet for beating pandanas leaves in mat making |
Tools
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55516 | Stone mallet for beating pandanas leaves in mat making |
Tools
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55529 | Scraper for pandanas fruit |
Scraper
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55632 | Roll of pandanas fruit |
Case
|
Tarawa
| |
| 00-8-70/55508 | Shell scrapers for pandanas fruit |
Scraper
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55623 | Pandanas hat |
Hat
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55494.1 | Pandanas paste |
Case
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 38-60-30/1749 | Hardwood kitchen mallet - used to mash juka-root after cooking, in preparing chi |
Pestle
|
Ecuador
| |
| 00-8-70/55470 | Shell pounder for beating pandanas for mats |
Tools
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55627.2 | Te abein (pandanas leaf basket) |
Basket
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55625 | Te abein (pandanas leaf basket) |
Basket
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55626 | Te abein (pandanas leaf basket) |
Basket
|
Kiribati
|