Betel Mortar
43-14-1
From: New Guinea | Massim Area (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 43-14-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Massim Area (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Roughly cylindrical with comparatively small hollow at one end and with two offset bands of zigzag with white pipe clay background; pierced flat projection from closed end. Somewhat charred. For fire making? But compare P 1976 from New Guinea, mortar for crushing areca nut. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Florence Taylor, 1943 |
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