Pestle

Museum number:
9-11478
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
pestle, hourglass-like shape; wood, length 49 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (one piece of wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
for grinding spices
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pestle, accession number 9-11478, described as pestle, hourglass-like shape; wood, length 49 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pestle, accession number 9-11478, described as pestle, hourglass-like shape; wood, length 49 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 9-11478, described as pestle, hourglass-like shape; wood, length 49 cm.

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