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Penu

human history
  • Other Name

    tapahu (Society Islands)

    Pounder (English)

  • Description

    Penu. Pounder. This implement used for pounding and preparing uru (breadfruit). Carved from a single piece of stone. Cylindrical in shape and oval in cross-section, with the front and back sides of the impelemnt sloping inwards, forming a ridge along the top of the implement. Butt left pecked. There are beige/off-white coloured markings or residue visible across the surface. Grey in colour.

  • Place
    Bora-Bora/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1934.107
  • Accession Date
    21 Mar 1934
  • Other Id

    20031 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Penu, implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Penu, implement, 1934.107, 20031, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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