Artifact Number:
 1977.280.003

Object:
Pounder, Mochi
Kine

Material:
 Wood (guava, Java plum-Eugenia creminia)

Dimensions:
 70 x 45.5 x 6.5 (dia.) cm

Origin:
 

Comments:
 Wooden pounder used for pounding steamed rice in a mortar for making mochi (Japanese rice cake). The cylindrical head is made of Java plum wood (Eugenia creminia -- as identified by Rodger Skolmen of U.S. Forest Service Jan.1980) and the long handle is made of guava wood. A white string has been attached to handle at juncture with the head. Made in Hawaii, post-1903. Ref. to Pounder, mochi (1976.280.004), Steamer (1976.280.005 a-f), and Tray (1976.280.008 & 009) used in mochi-making donated by the same donor.



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