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IPSMG:R.1948.235.12

Ipswich Collections

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.

Polynesia, New Zealand

19th Century