Mortar for lime

Museum number:
11-762
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boat
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lime pounders
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boatHearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boatHearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boatHearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boatHearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boat
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar for lime, accession number 11-762, described as Mortar for lime; in the shape of a boat

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