betel-pestle
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1383
- Description
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Squared, dark brown, wooden betel pestle carved from the whole, tapering toward rounded tip. Finial takes form of anthropomorphic figure; angular head, shorter at back, with incised spiral motif ears and shield-shaped inset face with elongated nose in raised relief. Arms, with incised linear bands, extend from back of head, curving into n-shape under chin, terminating in three carved fingers.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 19 centimetres
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Thickness: 1.20 centimetres (eat to ear)
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Width: 2.20 centimetres (head)
- Curator's comments
- Expedition rectangular sticker adhered to object written in black ink reads: 'KWAIAWATA'. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1383
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1906,1013.1377-1384 (Previous group record)