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title: Bird Shaped Pestle
author: Jade Koekoe
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6212/bird-shaped-pestle/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Bird Shaped Pestle

_Authored by [Jade Koekoe](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jmkoekoe/)_

## Image File

[![Bird Shaped Pestle](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6212.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6212.jpg)

## Image Caption

A bird-shaped pestle. Stone, 6000-2000 BCE. Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Most modern vegetables and cereals were first cultivated around 10,000 years ago. This pestle was made for grinding taro, one of the crops farmers in Papua New Guinea started to cultivate at around this time. This pestle's unusual bird shape suggests it may have been a ritual or festive object. This image was taken at the National Museum of Australia in the British Museums travelling exhibition A History of the World in 100 (and 1) Objects.

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## About the Author

Jade is a Librarian with an avid interest in Roman and Greek architecture and ancient Middle-Eastern cultures.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/misskokothelibrarian)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Koekoe, J. (2017, January 09). Bird Shaped Pestle. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6212/bird-shaped-pestle/>
### Chicago
Koekoe, Jade. "Bird Shaped Pestle." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 09, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6212/bird-shaped-pestle/>.
### MLA
Koekoe, Jade. "Bird Shaped Pestle." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Jan 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6212/bird-shaped-pestle/>.

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