Snuff Mortar
65-10-69
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Dume Tuan |
| Object Number | 65-10-69 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Palm Nut |
| Description | Tobacco mortar. Partially hollowed piece of palm nut (contra), dark in color curving out from open top, narrowing sharply to closed point; carefully smoothed and finished exterior; hollow area only extends 1/2 length of mortar; used with 65-10-72. Used to grind snuff; original kind of mortar. |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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