Museum number:
| APM 2.450a |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic items |
Title:
| betel grinder with pestle |
Keyword:
| geometric motifs |
Description:
| Sirih- of betelvijzel van hout met lichte bekervorm op uitzwenkende voet met vlakke onderzijde. Beker met filtrand, ingesneden band over de buik met meanderrand en liggende ovaalvormen, voet met ringen en verticale vakken. Stamper met geometrische bekroning met knorvormen, de bovenzijde rechthoekig en iets ingezwenkt. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1970 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.97 in (5 cm) | |
| Other dimensions | stamper lang: 20,5 cm | |
Characteristics
| Pipe shape | beaker shape |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Australia and Oceania |
| Region international | Melanesia |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Region national | Trobriand Islands |
| Ethnicity | Papua |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek |
| Amsterdam, etnografische handel, 1986 |
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