Mortar

Pestle

29-59-137

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-59-137
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chokwe
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Wood | Gourd | Leather
Description

Wood. Egg cup shaped; incised decoration around rim and above foot. Gourd stopper and wooden pestle attached by a leather thong through a pierced handle on the side of the cup. "Used as a mortar for powdering tobacco and carried on the belt by the men."

Height 6.2 cm
Length 15 cm
Depth 4.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 19762 - Old Museum Number | 273 - Field No SF

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