Stone Pestle

Unidentifed Kānaka Maoli maker

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Stone

Overall: 7 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (20 × 12.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William Copp Fox, Class of 1852

13.28.929

Geography

Place Made: Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Processing

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

William Copp Fox (1827-1897), Wolfboro, New Hampshire; given to present collection, November 1881; catalogued, 1913.

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