Prehistoric stone mortar · Papua New Guinea - East Sepik · ID: 3052681
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Provenance
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USASize
M: 11,4 cm x 27 cm x 21 cm
M: 4.5 inch x 10.6 inch x 8.3 inch
Description
This stone mortar was elaborately decorated with geometric patterns and knobs arranged in two rows one below the other. It originates from the eastern Sepik, between the Yuat and Keram rivers.
The object Prehistoric stone mortar with the object ID 3052681 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 132.
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. 36, ill. 1.31.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).