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Wooden pestle used for food processing / Long Hair Tiger

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A pestle like this would be coupled with a mortar. The pestle is used to pound or grind substances into a paste or powder. This is a one piece pestle; some pestles are two pieces attached.

Tags: corn grinder, pestle, grinder, wood, carved, one-piece, used
People: Southeastern tribes
Places: Southeastern, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wooden pestle used for food processing
Creator(s): 
Long Hair Tiger (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Euchee
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pestle
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ella Rodriguez
Accession No: 
82.185
Previous Number(s): 
TL1998.50
Department: 
Anthropology
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