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Reru

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Penu (Cook Islands)

    Pounder (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Reru. Pounder. Used for pounding food and also used for pounding ingredients for dyes and medicine. Carved from a single piece of toka Mangaia (stalactite). Rounded pounding surface. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of the pounder is formed into a transverse concave bar (unique Mangaian stylistic feature). Conical in overall shape. Surface highly polished. Cream and grey colour.

  • Wāhi
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1899
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    12870 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Reru, 12870, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Nov… … Read more

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