Food Pounder

2003-32-316

From: Cook Islands | Mangaia (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Penu
Object Number 2003-32-316
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cook Islands | Mangaia (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Stone
Description

Pounder of heavy pinkish stone (calcite?). Transverse bar with ridges. Chip out of side of base. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Height 20 cm
Width 10 cm
Outside Diameter 9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1993.X.1473 - Other Number | CIVIC1993.X.1473 - Other Number

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