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Reru

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Stone pounder (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Reru. Pounder. Used for pounding food or ingredients for producing dyes. Carved from a single piece of stalactite. Overall shape is conical. Pounding surface at base is flat. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of the pounder ends with a transverse curved bar. Surface is mostly polished. Amber and light brown in colour. Heavy.

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1925.193
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    28 Sep 1925
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    7122 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Reru, 1925.193, 7122, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital,… … Read more

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