Food Pounder
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-pestles
Datelate 19th to mid 20th Century
Made AtSandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions31 1/2 x 2 x 1 7/8 in. (80 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm)
Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase
Object number2009.5.11
DescriptionFood pounder from the Torricelli Mountain area, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Date to the late 19th-mid 20th century. This is a pre-contact stone carved food pounded carved out of wood. On one end, the pounder is carved into a "crab claw"-like design. The opposite end is thicker and flat. This end is for pounding food.On View
Not on viewCollections
mid 20th Century
early 20th Century
19th Century
19th Century
20th Century
early to mid 20th Century
late 19th - 20th Century
c. 1800
