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Reru

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  • Other Name

    Stone pounder (English)

  • Description

    Reru. Pounder. Carved from a single piece of pohatu maori (basalt stone).Used for pounding/mashing food or ingredients for producing dyes. Rounded pounding surface. Reduction from base to cylindrical grip. Rounded at top with both sides of bar slightly sloping downwards. Conical in overall shape. Dark grey in colour. Purchased in 1936.

  • Place
    [Rarotonga]/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1936.236
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    22688.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Reru, 1936.236, 22688.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 12 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
  • cook island stone food pounder. 22688.2
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