Pestle
P1968
From: Australia | South Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1968 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bodaruwitj |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | A stone pestle. The stone is yellow-gray with white and red flecks and a porous exterior. The pestle is roughly spherical. “For grinding ‘nardoo’.” (Catalog Card) |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
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