Wooden cone and wooden stick

Museum number:
5-1586a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051586a@2cb
Alternate number:
S38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Suku wooden mortar and pestle for tobacco - Kuyu a makaya; a) mortar; height: 14.5" 36.81cm, diameter: 2.5" 6.35 cm b) pestle; length 16" 40.64 cm
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden cone and wooden stick, accession number 5-1586a,b, described as Suku wooden mortar and pestle for tobacco - Kuyu a makaya; a) mortar; height: 14.5" 36.81cm, diameter: 2.5" 6.35 cm b) pestle; length 16" 40.64 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden cone and wooden stick, accession number 5-1586a,b, described as Suku wooden mortar and pestle for tobacco - Kuyu a makaya; a) mortar; height: 14.5" 36.81cm, diameter: 2.5" 6.35 cm b) pestle; length 16" 40.64 cm

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