mortar
- Museum number
- Oc1921,0221.47
- Description
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Mortar made of wood.
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 centimetres
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Width: 32 centimetres
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Depth: 15 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 1921 British Museum register:
47. Wooden rectangular mortar, cut from the solid.
Information in observations column:
47,48 - Mortar and pestle - "Kumete" and "Kai-n-toki-toki". Pestle of calophyllum inophyllum; mortar probably ditto?
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1983–1986 16 Dec-29 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Pattern of islands: Micronesia yesterday and today
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1921,0221.47