a) Mortar; bamboo tube; incised diamond design; 3 3/4 inches long; b) Pestle; iron; flat; doubled back at one end; spatulate at the other; 5 3/4 inches long.
Donor:
Sally Martin
Collection place:
Villages of Huyuk, Nuwagdan, Tukbuban, etc., Amganad, Banaue, Ifugao Province
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Collector:
Sally Martin
Collection date:
August 1956
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Punboan and Bobo to grind Moma, Hapid, tobacco and apul (lime) for people with no teeth