betel-mortar
- Museum number
- Oc1927,0310.31
- Description
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Betel mortar (lime) made of wood.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- G.C. Wheeler's catalogue ETHNOGRAPHICA COLLECTED IN SIMBO (Eth.Doc.1096) reads:
24. konderi: mortar used for pounding betel-nut, uala, and lime for toothless old men and women.
Note sheet numberL W.757.Ref.T.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Acquisition notes
- Gerald C Wheeler was an anthropologist who researched in Solomon Islands in 1908 to 1909 on an expedition with W. H. R. Rivers and A. M. Hocart. He began on Simbo but spent most of his time on Alu. He gave collections of artefacts to the British Museum in 1927, registered as Oc1927.0310 and Oc1927.1003 and documented in Eth Doc 1096.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1927,0310.31
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 24 (Wheeler catalogue (Simbo) in Eth Doc 1096)