Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Betel-nut Mortar

CultureNortheast Coast peoples
Titles
  • Betel-nut Mortar
Date1900–1980
PlaceNortheast Coast, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions9 15/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 in. (25.2 × 9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Segal-Maples Collection
Object number98.480
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ProvenanceJerome Segal (1916–1999) and Robert Maples (d.1998) Collection, Houston, by 1998; given to MFAH, 1998.

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