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Reru

human history
  • Other Name

    Stone pounder (English)

  • Description

    Reru. Pounder. Carved from single piece of flowstone or stalactite (keho or morevai). Used for pounding/mashing food or ingredients for producing dyes. Top of pounder expanded laterally into a transverse bar. One side of the grip is broken off. Conical in overall shape. Dark tan in colour. Attributed to Mangaia, Cook Islands. Gifted by T. F. Cheeseman in 1899.

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Accession Date
    1899
  • Other Id

    8336 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 8336, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pounder

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