Betel nut mortar · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038855
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Size
H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch
Description
wood, encrusted surface structure, mixture of white-rosé coloured pigment and black paint, two spirit figures supporting the small receptacle, both with typical beak-like nose, ornamentally decorated with notches and linear incisions, slightly dam., rep. (nose of one of the figures)
The object Betel nut mortar with the object ID 3038855 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 33.
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