Pounder
18116
From: New Zealand | North Island | Hawke's Bay Region | Napier
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Patu Aruhe |
| Object Number | 18116 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand | North Island | Hawke's Bay Region | Napier |
| Period | Te Puawaitanga Period |
| Date Made | 1500-1800 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | A cylindrical, wooden pounder (patu aruhe) that tapers towards the handle and knob end. A patu aruhe (fern root pounder) is a wood pounder used to pound the root of the bracken fern (rauaruhe). Aruhe is the edible root of the rauaruhe and a staple food. |
| Length | 31 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number | 10 - Other Number |
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