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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2016-0002-0004   CAS 2016-0002-0004; Hammer / pestle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Hammer / pestle
Culture
Global Region Oceania
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Date of Manufacture Late 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description Stone hammer / pestle pecked and ground smooth to nearly ball-like shape, with one side flattened; Ball is irregular with thumb-sized indentation on one side and one side quite flat; Flat end is covered with crumbling yellow-brown ochre accretions from use in preparing pigment; Pestle is very dark gray.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.2, Max Diam = 7.4