Betel nut mortar
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
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)