Food Pounding Table

Medicine Table (uncertain)

L-180-5

From: Society Islands | Tahiti

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Papahia
Object Number L-180-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Society Islands | Tahiti
Date Made c. 1745 CE
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Ito wood (ironwood). Convex base, flat top roughly rectangular with rounded corners. Four legs. Damaged. Scratched on top Papahia Feihaura Paea. "About 200 years old. Descended thru family of Chief's wife's godmother."

Height 17 cm
Length 43.5 cm
Width 40.5 cm

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