Food pounder "penu" or "phou" · Caroline Islands - Truk Islands · ID: 3052649
Sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Helmut Göring (1917-2013), Kaiserslautern, GermanySize
M: 17 cm x 12,5 cm
M: 6.7 inch x 4.9 inch
Description
coral rock,
The form of this food pounder is characteristic of examples produced on the Truk (Chuuk) Islands. Unusual, however, is the design of the flat top: instead of the usually common four nipples, this object features eleven evenly distributed protrusions.
The object Food pounder “penu” or “phou” with the object ID 3052649 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025. The object with the lot number 187 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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