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Penu

human history
  • Other Name

    Pounder (English)

  • Description

    Broken Penu. Stone pounder. This penu (pounder) is worked and smoothed from dark grey ofa'i (stone) but the upper grip portion has been lost and broken off. The remaining base portion is round in section, the shaft flaring out on all sides towards the base which has a slightly convex pounding surface. The rim is chipped all the way around. The penu is grey in colour.

  • Place
    Bora-Bora/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1934.107
  • Accession Date
    21 Mar 1934
  • Other Id

    20035 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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Images

  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pounder, 1934.107, 20035, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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