Mortar and pestle for pounding grain

9.5 cm 96.5 cm 8.3 cm

Citation Source image

A handcarved mortar (.1) and pestle (.2) used to pound grain, possibly rice. Mortar is made of a single piece of wood, possibly cypress. Mortar is tall and round with a carved out bowl at top. Pestle is also made of a single piece of wood. Pestle has handle at center with roun...

Artifact

id
id
ld1-1643398738600-1643398749295-0
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
pageCount
pageCount
4
source
source
import
accession
accession
2014.312.19.1-.2
credit
credit
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
rights
rights
CC0
Source image fields (4)
thumbnailUrl https://ids.si.edu/ids/download?id=NMAAHC-2014_312_19_1-2_001_thumb
largeImageUrl https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAAHC-2014_312_19_1-2_001
iiifBase https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAAHC-2014_312_19_1-2_001
sourceUrl https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.312.19.1-.2