pounder;
pestle
- Museum number
- Am1895,-.61
- Description
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Meal pounder, pestle made of stone (basalt). Made of a very dark grey stone, circular in section. The upper part is carved to represent a grotesque human head with a large flat nose, with an incised hair style or headdress. It has a flat base.
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.20 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2008, Apr-Sep, Barcelona, Museo Barbier-Mueller D’Art Precolombi, ‘Caribbean Before Colombus’
2008 Sep-2009 Jan, Santiago de Compostela, Fundacion Caixa Galiciade, ‘Caribbean Before Columbus’
2009, Jan-Apr, Madrid, Museo de America, ‘Caribbean Before Colombus’
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1895,-.61
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1895C3.60-61 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Am1997,Q.791 (Q number)
