Carved Stone Pounder

Prehistoric(?), Excellent hand carved stone implement with rare human faces and decorative grooves. Very good condition. From a prominent NW Coast collection. 7" x 5"

South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Mahaka Valley, ca. 18th century CE. A fine example of a hand-carved volcanic stone pounder used to pulverize taro root into poi. The tool has a knob-shaped handle, a s

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Toltec, ca. 1000 CE. Wonderful carved volcanic stone pounder or pestle. Grey dense volcanic stone with rounded working end, tapering handle and small creature at top that looks

Description: Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii, this Vintage Hawaiian heavy basalt stone carved pounder. The condition is described above - for more details please check the photos.

Pre-Columbian Mexico, AD 1 - 500, stone carved bark pounder, of similar form to examples from Hawaii and the South Sea Islands, 9"l x 2"w. Provenance: Former Lewis Land Collection

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. A finely-detailed pounder, hand-carved from a mottled grey stone with dark inclusions. The tool has a fl

**Originally Listed At $225** South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine pounder or sanding tool, carved from a fragment of porous volcanic stone of a soft grey hue. Th

A Superb Hawaiian Poi Pounder Hawaiian Islands, 19th century Weighty gray stone, carved and pecked into an elegant pounder carinated at bottom and with a globular knob at top. In excellent condition,

A grouping of antique artifacts to include a large, wooden Japanese guardian figure lacking right arm and toes, a Hawaiian stone poi pounder tool, and a carved wooden Japanese figurine. Guardian: 16-1

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A hefty and sizeable pestle, hand-carved from beige stone, used for repeatedly pounding taro root into poi. The tool has a flattened pound

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 18th century CE. A sizable and splendid poi pounder, hand-carved from basalt in mottled hues of black and charcoal. The fine implement displays a hemispherical handle and a

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Lahaina, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 16th to 18th century CE. A finely preserved poi pounder of a bell-shaped form carved from brown-hued s

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Big Island (Hawai'i), ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful poi pounder or muller tool carved by hand from tan-hued stone with light gray inclusions. The tool exhibits a br

North Pacific, Hawaii, Maui, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE. A sizable and hefty poi pounder, hand-carved from porous basalt in mottled hues of ash gray. The tool displays a cylindrical neck

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A finely preserved poi pounder of a bell-shaped form carved from gray-brown stone. The hefty tool is comprised of a rounded pounding face, a broad

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A hefty example of a poi pounder that is hand-carved from porous, gray stone. The utilitarian tool features a large

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Big Island (Hawai'i), ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A wonderful poi pounder of a relatively uniform conical shape that is hand-carved from dark-gray hardstone with crea

French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. An intriguing and elegant poi pounder, hand-carved from light gray basalt stone, used for repeatedly poundin

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 18th century CE. A hefty and sizeable pestle, hand-carved from porous basalt meant for pounding taro root into poi. The lovely tool presents a conical form with a narrow han

Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A finely-crafted food pounder, meticulously-carved from a mottled blue-grey stone with light inclusions. The pounder has a sl

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui-Lahaina, ca. 19th century CE. A sizable poi or medicine pounder, hand-carved from basalt in mottled hues of gray. The fine implement displays a thick handle and a

**First Time At Auction** Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A finely-crafted pestle used primarily for pounding food, meticulously-carved from mottled sage-gre

large stone buddha in draped clothes, remnants of red pigment across surface, on wooden pedestal, 40-1/2 x 9-3/8 in. [Asian Ceramics]

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