Stone pestle or pounder club-shaped

Made:
1890-1910 in Auckland
Stone pestle or pounder club-shaped

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Stone pestle or pounder club-shaped
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Stone pestle or pounder club-shaped, used by women to soften fibre for making cloth or to crush fruit kernels or grain, Maori, New Zealand, 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A99233
Materials:
stone
type:
pestles
credit:
Armytage, Edward