Prehistoric pestle · Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands, Tari Basin · ID: 3052666
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 2,500
Provenance
J. Erkila, Missionary in Tari area during the 1950sSotheby’s, Sidney, November 9, 1997, lot 425
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 28,3 x 8,4 x 7,0 cm
M: 28,3 x 8,4 x 2.8 inch
Description
andesite,
Simple pestle, which could be used to crush taro (water bread root), for example.
Comparing literature
Swadling, Pamela et al., Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga (...), in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 126-127, Année 2008.
Publications
Friede, John et al., New Guinea Highlands, 2017, p. 24-25, ill. 1.13D
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).