Pestle formed from bruncated triangle of grey porous stone with ovoid finger hole in centre

Made:
1701-1920
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Pestle formed from bruncated triangle of grey porous stone with ovoid finger hole in centre, from San Jose, Costa Rica, 1701-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A117982
Materials:
stone
Measurements:
height 100 mm
width 98 mm
depth 33 mm
type:
pestles
credit:
Sotheby's

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