Reru

Reru

human history

Reru. Pounder. Used for pounding food or ingredients for producing dyes. Carved from a single piece of basalt stone. Overall shape is conical. Pounding surface at base is slightly rounded. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of the pounder ends with two transverse protrusions or 'knobs'. Overall surface treatment is polished. Dark in colour. Heavy.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018

Ingoa Kē

Stone pounder (English)

Wāhi

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

1899

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

12866 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

Reru. Pounder. Carved from a single piece of basalt stone. Overall shape is conical. Pounding surface at base is slightly rounded. Reduction from base to form cylindrical grip. Top of the pounder ends with two transverse protrusions or 'knobs'. Overall surface treatment is polished. Dark in colour. Heavy. Good condition. "RAROTONGA CHEESEMAN" written in black ink on a faded sticker near the base. "RAROTONGA 12866 pres." written in white ink near the base.

Reru

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Reru

Reru

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