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Artist | Manufacturer:: Unknown maker

Title:: Grinder made from a whole pumpkin

Date:: Creation: 1800 (?) - before 1893

Inventory Number:: 1898-013/066

Collection:: Non european collections

Domain:: Africa; Food crafts

Designation:: Handstone

Material | Technique:: Vegetal matter, dried

Description:: Intended for crushing fruits and seeds in oil and bearing on its sides the traces of frequent use. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.

Location:: Depot

Acquisition method:: Donation

Acquisition date:: 1898

Copyright:: Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Patrick Quinteira / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0); Work:
Image(s): | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata:

Photographer:: Patrick Quinteira; Tina Pfeifer

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