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Bast knocker

Stone bast beater for paper production: plant fibres, e.g. from fig trees or agaves, were beaten with the beater until they became thin, smooth strips

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Bast knocker
Dimensions
Height: 2,4 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 24893

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Mexico
    Oaxaca
    Teotitlán
    Finca Hungaria
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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