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
Not on view
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1868–1900
Wood and plant fiber
62.4
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1940
Wood
66.12.1,.2
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1915–1920
Wood, paint, rattan, and bark
89.259
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Wood and paint
91.1924
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1870–1900
Wood, cowrie shells, and pigment
2011.1028
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1860–1900
Wood and paint
65.37
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258