Penu
human history
Penu. Stone pounder. This penu (pounder) has been worked and smoothed from ofa'i (stone). It has a circular base, rounded and slightly chipped at the edges with a convex pounding surface. The shaft of the penu is long and flares out towards the base. The penu is topped with a grip shaped into a crooked bar with a loss at one side. The penu is grey in colour.
Accession number: 1937.113 Last Update: 18 Jun 2018
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Pounder (English)
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- Marquesas/French Polynesia/Pacific
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1937.113
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04 Apr 1937
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23214.5 (ethnology)
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