discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Reru human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēStone pounder (English)Kupu whakaahuaReru. Pounder. Used for pounding food or ingredients for producing dyes. Carved and polished from a single piece of stalactite (keho, morevai). Head of the pounder is formed into a transverse palm grip (markedly Mangaian in style). Body of the pounder is conical in shape (narrow at the neck and gradually expanding till widest at base). Flat pounding surface at base with some chipping around the edge. Amber colour with subtle variances. Some striations and variation in surface texture.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsAccession Number1932.368Rā Tāpiringa22 Jun 1932Tohu Tuakiri Kē18178 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Reru, 1932.368, 18178, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1932.368, 18178.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1932Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved polishedWaitohu/māka18178 PRES. MANGAIA, COOK IS. (handwritten)Pāoho[stone]/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine158mm119mm (diameter measured at 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. 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