Betel Pestle
96-2-21B
From: New Guinea | Trobriand Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 96-2-21B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Trobriand Islands |
| Date Made | 1970's |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Smooth, tapered wooden pestle with two carved rings at top, surmounted by a standing human figure. Figure's hands (?) touch pair of openwork loops in front of legs. Band of relief carving (mostly zig-zag) across lower back and down outsides of legs. Above the figure's head are a plain ring, a band of low relief designs, and a decorative finial. |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Frederica de Laguna, 1996 |
| Other Number | 21 - Other Number |
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