Pestle

Museum number:
5-4138
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2002
Description:
Pestle; wood (tree trunk or limb); essentially unmodified except for flattening ends; 64 cm long.
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bechuanaland (historical place)
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Culture or time period:
!Kung
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 5-4138, described as Pestle; wood (tree trunk or limb); essentially unmodified except for flattening ends; 64 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 5-4138, described as Pestle; wood (tree trunk or limb); essentially unmodified except for flattening ends; 64 cm long.

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