Polished wooden pestle with long handle which overhangs pounder

Polished wooden pestle with long handle which overhangs pounder

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Polished wooden pestle with long handle which overhangs pounder
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Polished wooden pestle with long handle which overhangs pounder, for grinding sago, Fijian (?), 1851-1910 (see note).

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A76189
Materials:
wood, hard
type:
pestles
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)