Object class: Equipment and supplies for betel nut chewing / Year collected: [Missing] / Culture or time period: Massim - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Equipment and supplies for betel nut chewing Year collected [Missing] Culture or time period Massim

Hearst Museum object titled Betel mortar, accession number 11-41002, described as betel mortar; cone shaped wood with flattened top and scooped out area at other end; curvilinear design incised around mortar with ochre used in carved areas. Used to smash betel nuts for chewing process.

Hearst Museum object titled Lime gourd w/ basketry plug & cord*, accession number 11-42514, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Lime spatula, accession number 11-14641, described as Carved wooden letter opener; marked “Made in New Guinea....DIA..S1943”

Hearst Museum object titled Limestick: decorated tortoiseshell*, accession number 11-42650, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Limestick: decorated wood *, accession number 11-42649, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boat

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar: lime, accession number 11-765, described as small mortar or lime crusher in shape of human figure

Hearst Museum object titled Wood lime spatula, carved, accession number 11-42563, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Wood lime spatula, carved w/ animal? head, accession number 11-37063, no description available.