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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