Reru

Reru. Pounder. Used for pounding food or ingredients for producing dyes. Carved and polished froma single piece of stalactite (keho, morevai). Head of the pounder is formed into a transverse, knobbed grip. Body of the pounder is conical in shape (narrow at the neck and gradually expanding till widest at base). Some chipping, loss of material. Light brown beige in colour. Attributed to Mangaia, Cook Islands.

Ingoa Kē

Stone pounder (English)

Wāhi

[Mangaia]/[Cook Islands]

Wāhi Hāngai

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1947.106

Rā Tāpiringa

19 Jun 1947

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

29670.3 (ethnology)

46a (Nutt)

Wāhanga

Pacific