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Betel nut mortar

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Mortar with depictions of humans and animals; the carvings are painted white (pigment, probably lime); for crushing betel nuts.

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tami
Object type
Mörser
Dimensions
H 25 cm
Material/Technique
hardwood carved, painted
Object genre
domestic utensil
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2182
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 91428 (Old inventory number)
2182 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before April 1916
    where
    Tami-Inseln
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before April 1916
    where
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
    who
    Dann, K. - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    April 1916
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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