discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Reru human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēStone pounder (English)Kupu whakaahuaReru. Pounder. Used for pounding food or ingredients for producing dyes. Carved and roughly polished from a single piece of stalactite (keho, morevai). A knobbed grip with cut grooves constitutes the head of the pounder (the two lateral protrusions of the grip are rounded off). Body of the pounder is conical in shape (narrow at the neck and gradually expanding till widest at base). Convex pounding surface, slightly porous. Lopsided when propped up to stand on base. Amber colour.Wāhi[Mangaia]/[Cook Islands]Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsRā Tāpiringa1899Tohu Tuakiri Kē12869 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Reru, 12869, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 12869.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)Wāhi[Mangaia]/[Cook Islands]RāCirca 1899Tangata Hāngāi T. F. Cheeseman (Maker)Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsRā Hāngai1899Tikanga Waihangacarved polishedWaitohu/mākaMANGAIAPāoho[stone]/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine175mm102mm (diameter of base)Taumata whakarōpūPounderMultiple Use T & ETools & Equipment Pounder, FoodFood Processing & Preparation T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60