Pilón
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description
content: This mortar and pestle were used to grind coffee beans after they were dried and roasted. Coffee was a major cash crop in Puerto Rico, second only to sugar. It grows well in the low mountains of the island, like the fertile area around the town of Yauco in the southwest. In the 19th century many Corsicans settled in this region and played a significant role in developing the island's coffee economy, both as growers and exporters.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El pilón se usaba para machacar los granos de café una vez secos y tostados. El café constituía un cultivo comercial de gran relevancia en Puerto Rico, el segundo en importancia después del azúcar. Se da bien en las montañas bajas de la isla, como por ejemplo en la zona fértil alrededor de la ciudad de Yauco, en el sudoeste. Durante el siglo XIX se establecieron en esta región muchos colonos oriundos de Córcega, quienes desempeñaron un papel esencial en el desarrollo de la economía de la isla en torno al café, impulsando tanto la producción como la exportación.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Mortar and Pestle
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0129
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0129
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar And pestle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 48 cm x 28 cm; 8 1/4 in x 18 7/8 in x 11 in