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Tumunu

human history
  • Other Name

    Pounding mortar (English)

  • Description

    Tumunu. Shaped and hollowed section of coconut tree trunk intended as a container for pounding homebrew ingredients or can be used as a stump to sit on when turned over. Rough hewn interior. Exterior left in natural rough surface with bark still intact. Interior of the base jagged and roughly carved to aid the grinding and pounding of homebrew ingredients. Brown colour. Peppery scent from ingredients pounded in the tumunu.

  • Place
    Mapumai Village/Atiu/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mapumai Village/Atiu/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1984.3
  • Accession Date
    10 Jan 1984
  • Other Id

    50693 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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