pestle

human history

Pestle, stone; pestle carved from stone and rounded at the widest grinding end. On the handle is a ridge before a bulbous mushroom shaped top head to the narrow end. Pestle from Kundiawa, Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua New Guinea. Local people had no knowledge of use as pestle.

Nama tāpiringa: 2019.9.1 Whakahounga o Mua: 27 May 2026
Accession Number

2019.9.1

Rā Tāpiringa

25 Feb 2019

Wāhanga

Pacific

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