Reru

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Reru. Pounder. Carved from a single piece of pohatu maori (basalt). Used for pounding/mashing food or ingredients for producing dyes. Overall shape is conical. Rounded pounding surface. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of pounder has two grooves. Semi-polished with evidence of pecking. Dark in colour. Attributed to Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Gifted by T. F. Cheeseman in 1899.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Stone pounder (English)

Accession Date

1899

Other Id

12280 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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