PILON Keâ Tuki
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
19th century or earlier
Volcanic stone
H.: 14; Diam.: 8.5 cm

Monolithic conical pestle with polylobed grip.
An everyday tool, it was used to crush certain medicinal preparations as well as the pulp of the breadfruit, called mei.

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