Peruvian Kaxinawá mortar and pestle

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá mortar and pestle

Alternative Title

Dume- Tuan (tobacco grinder, mortar)
Yexketi (pestle)

Subject

Kaxinawá, Kensinger, mortar and pestle, Peru

Description

This mortar is a hollowed out palm nut with a balsa wood stopper. It is decorated with black, pink, and white string and small red, blue, and yellow feathers at the top and bottom. This pestle is a slender palm bark rod with some pink, black, and white string decoration. Used for grinding tobacco.

mortar length- 15.5 cm
pestle length- 27.5 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Soldado

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

cooking tool

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-150 a,b

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Soldado, “Peruvian Kaxinawá mortar and pestle,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 13, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/253.