Mortar and Pestle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Plain, undecorated wooden mortar and pestle. Pestle is a straight shaft, flaring slightly at both ends. Ends both slightly rounded. Mortar is carved from one piece of wood, with a cup-shaped top and flared base. Base is smaller, but heavier, as it is solid wood. Slightly discolored inside, presumably from use. Mary Jo Arnoldi, Curator for African Ethnology, says these are "made by woodworkers, who are members of the blacksmith caste in Mali...[they are] standard kitchen equipment even today in both urban and rural households". They were purchased in Bamako market to be used as a decorative prop during the 2003 SI Folklife Festival (see accession history).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432928-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mortar / Pestle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Pestle
content: 114 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Pestle
content: 9 cm
label: Diameter - Mortar, At Rim
content: 34 cm
label: Diameter - Mortar, At Base
content: 29.5 cm
label: Height - Mortar
content: 51 cm