Food Pounder for a High Grade Elder

Date: 19th century

Epoque: 1850-1900, 19th century

Origine: Melanesia

Medium: Wood

Dimension: 80 x 9.2 x 6 cm (31¹/₂ x 3⁵/₈ x 2³/₈ inches)

Literature: See Speiser, Felix: ETHNOLOGY OF VANUATU, AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY STUDY. English translation of the original 1923 edition, Crawford-House Press, Bathurst, 1991, for a pounder with a single bird of identical type.