Mortar Item Number: C1168 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A rough grey stone with a rounded elongated oval shape, with a rounded protrusion at one end. Stone has a small, shallow hollow in the top centre.
History Of Use
May not have been made to be a mortar; the hollow appears to be too shallow?
Item History
- Made in Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
- Owned by Otago Museum
- Received from Otago Museum (Transferring institution)
What
Who
- Culture
- Maori
- Previous Owner
- Otago Museum
- Received from
- Otago Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
Other
- Condition
- good