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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1948.235.12 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name beater Description Beater (patu muka) for flax with rounded bottom, made of carved and polished basalt. Circular cross section, slightly marked shoulder below narrower grip, with ridge around domed top. Stuck-on label: 'Pestle - New Zealand - used by natives for pounding tobacco'. Marked in black ink: '1948-235-12' and in pencil 'Carthew 1938-235'. Carthew sale, auction, Colonel R.J. Carthew, one-time owner of Woodbridge Abbey. Production place Polynesia, New Zealand Production period 19th Century Material basalt Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1948.235.12
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

beater
Description

Beater (patu muka) for flax with rounded bottom, made of carved and polished basalt. Circular cross section, slightly marked shoulder below narrower grip, with ridge around domed top. Stuck-on label: 'Pestle - New Zealand - used by natives for pounding tobacco'. Marked in black ink: '1948-235-12' and in pencil 'Carthew 1938-235'. Carthew sale, auction, Colonel R.J. Carthew, one-time owner of Woodbridge Abbey.
Production place

Polynesia, New Zealand
Production period

19th Century
Material

basalt

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