Tumunu

human history

Tumunu. Shaped and hollowed section of coconut tree trunk intended as a container for pounding homebrew ingredients or can be used as a stump to sit on when turned over. Rough hewn interior. Exterior left in natural rough surface with bark still intact. Interior of the base jagged and roughly carved to aid the grinding and pounding of homebrew ingredients. Brown colour. Peppery scent from ingredients pounded in the tumunu.

Nama tāpiringa: 1984.3 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Pounding mortar (English)

Wāhi
Mapumai Village/Atiu/Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Mapumai Village/Atiu/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1984.3

Rā Tāpiringa

10 Jan 1984

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

50693 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
9 Mātātuhi
mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
mortar, pounding, 1984.3, 50693, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 25 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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