Grindstone

vor 1900

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A flour ground from the tubers of arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides), alongside the fruit of the pandanus and breadfruit tree, was a further, important nutritional staple found on the pre-colonial Marshall Islands. The roots were grounded on a coral stone like this one and then dried on a stand lined with coconut bast.

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