Reru

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Reru. Pounder. Carved from a single piece of pohatu maori (basalt). Reru, or penu. Use for pounding/mashing food or ingredients for producing dyes. Rounded pounding surface. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of pounder has slight grooves on either side. Conical in overall shape. Gifted in 1955.

Accession number: 1955.30 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Stone pounder (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Accession Number

1955.30

Accession Date

1955

Other Id

34035 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Reru, 1955.30, 34035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
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