- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Quartzite pounding and grinding stone. [AR 31/07/2007]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1925
- Date collected
- By 1925
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1925
- Materials and processes
- Material Quartzite Stone, Process Ground
- Dimensions
- Width: max 81 mm, Length: max 101 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.18.13
Search terms: Tool, Food and Drink, Grinder, Food Accessory
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