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Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676
Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 2/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 3/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 4/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 5/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 6/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 7/8 Prehistoric stone mortar, Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Size: M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm (M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch), ID: 3052676 - 8/8
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Lot 129
Auction 105

Prehistoric stone mortar ·  Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen · ID: 3052676

Sold EUR 3,000
Provenance
Collected by an Australian stationed at military airfield at Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province during World War II
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 10,2 cm x 20,3 cm x 20,3 cm
M: 4.0 inch x 8.0 inch x 8.0 inch

Description

Around the mortar are fine, wreath-like bosses and decorative geometric patterns, whose design is reminiscent of the decorations found on Lapita pottery.

The object Prehistoric stone mortar with the object ID 3052676 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 129 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

Publications

Friede, John et. al., New Guinea Highlands, 2017, p. 33, ill. 1.25-1.26

Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

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