Mortar

Museum number:
5-14176
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014176
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Kuner-Nanu- 'mortar for Vegetables', Tanzania, Mbulu district, Tango-Guwang, house of Daniel Qwanang (village chairman), Iraqw people. 5-14176, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC57. File code: 1.5 August 1, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Wood, local. Purchased in Mastcheda near Mbulu in 1973 from specialist. Context of use: Used by women and girls for grinding vegetables. Vegetables are placed in the mortar and ground with wood pestle. Owner is Martha, first wife of Daniel. Description: Mortar; wood, hourglass shaped with bowl and pedestal. Ht. 22 cm, Diam. 17 cm.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Tango-Guwang village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 5-14176, described as Kuner-Nanu- 'mortar for Vegetables', Tanzania, Mbulu district, Tango-Guwang, house of Daniel Qwanang (village chairman), Iraqw people. 5-14176, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC57. File code: 1.5 August 1, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Wood, local. Purchased in Mastcheda near Mbulu in 1973 from specialist. Context of use: Used by women and girls for grinding vegetables. Vegetables are placed in the mortar and ground with wood pestle. Owner is Martha, first wife of Daniel. Description: Mortar; wood, hourglass shaped with bowl and pedestal. Ht. 22 cm, Diam. 17 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 5-14176, described as Kuner-Nanu- 'mortar for Vegetables', Tanzania, Mbulu district, Tango-Guwang, house of Daniel Qwanang (village chairman), Iraqw people. 5-14176, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC57. File code: 1.5 August 1, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Wood, local. Purchased in Mastcheda near Mbulu in 1973 from specialist. Context of use: Used by women and girls for grinding vegetables. Vegetables are placed in the mortar and ground with wood pestle. Owner is Martha, first wife of Daniel. Description: Mortar; wood, hourglass shaped with bowl and pedestal. Ht. 22 cm, Diam. 17 cm.

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