Naga Pounding Table with Base

Four round holes, a lug at each end, and very little else to discuss.

This pounding table with base is Naga, from Nagaland in Northeast India, early 20th century, in jungle wood and wrought iron. In Naga villages, grain was commonly pounded in long wooden tables hollowed for several workers side by side. The top is a long plank, pale and lightly cupped, with four round holes along its length and a projecting lug at either end. A deep boat-like keel sits below. Iron rods raise it from a flat plate. It is 124 inches long, 16 deep and 32 high.

The rhythm has stopped. The shape kept going.