Artist/Maker
Lopes, Antone Manuel
Place MadeDartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Dateearly 20th Century
Mediumwood
Donor credit lineGift of the Family of Manuel and Matilda Lopes
Object number2011.29.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMortar ("pilon") and pestle (.1-.2), wood. Cylindrical-shaped pilon, rough hewn."Pilon" in Cape Verdean. A pilon is traditionally used in Cape Verde to grind corn kernals into samp to make manchupa or chachupa and other meals.Exhibition History"Cape Verdean Maritime Exhibition" (NBWM, July 5, 2011)ProvenanceDescended in Lopes family. Antone (Antonio) Manuel Lopes and his wife, Micaela Rosario Lopes, were born in Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde in the 1890s. They came to America in 1914 and 1921 and settled first in New Bedford and then Dartmouth. See also buttern churn, 2011.27. Grandparents of museum employee Jim Lopes.
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