Object class: Grinding stones / Collection place: Basuba, Kenya / Culture or time period: Eastern African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 5-13097a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 5-13073a,b, described as Mortar wood; hour glass shape with central carved band.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 5-13097b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 5-13073b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Tray, basketry, accession number 5-13079, described as Sar., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 9, 1975. 5-13079, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Woven with strips of bark of Ta Ber tree. The hard strip along the inner and outer rim is from the Melangel tree. Context of use: Used by women for winnowing maize- first ground in mortar. This basket was made by a specialist in 1972 in Mangai (another village). Description: Flat, circular; twill plating, strip of (?) along inner and outer rim. Natural color; small repaired section near bottom edge. 39 cm. in diameter.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mortar, accession number 5-13073a, no description available.