Mortar and pestle

Museum number:
9-11552a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
a- mortar; white marble, boat shaped, pointed at each end, wider in center. Length 18 cm, height 5 cm, width 9.5 cm. b- pestle; white marble cylinder, tapering at one end. Length 11 cm, Diameter 3 cm - 1.5cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Karol Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi State
Verbatim coll. place:
India, New Delhi, Karol Bagh att.
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Marble (rock) (white marble, carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
att. based on p.6 of list
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
b— diameter 3 centimeters, b— length 11 centimeters, a— width 9.5 centimeters, a— height 5 centimeters, and a— length 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 9-11552a,b, described as a- mortar; white marble, boat shaped, pointed at each end, wider in center. Length 18 cm, height 5 cm, width 9.5 cm. b- pestle; white marble cylinder, tapering at one end. Length 11 cm, Diameter 3 cm - 1.5cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 9-11552a,b, described as a- mortar; white marble, boat shaped, pointed at each end, wider in center. Length 18 cm, height 5 cm, width 9.5 cm. b- pestle; white marble cylinder, tapering at one end. Length 11 cm, Diameter 3 cm - 1.5cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 9-11552a,b, described as a- mortar; white marble, boat shaped, pointed at each end, wider in center. Length 18 cm, height 5 cm, width 9.5 cm. b- pestle; white marble cylinder, tapering at one end. Length 11 cm, Diameter 3 cm - 1.5cm

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