Mortar and pestle exhibited in East African Sudan Court

Made:
1890-1925 in Sudan

Turned wood mortar and pestle exhibited in East African Sudan Court at British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, Sudanese, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A48501
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
mortar: height 201 mm
mortar: diameter 154 mm
pestle: length 264 mm
max. pestle: diameter 74 mm
type:
mortars and pestles

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