Mortar: lime

Museum number:
11-765
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
small mortar or lime crusher in shape of human figure
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
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar: lime, accession number 11-765, described as small mortar or lime crusher in shape of human figureHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar: lime, accession number 11-765, described as small mortar or lime crusher in shape of human figure
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar: lime, accession number 11-765, described as small mortar or lime crusher in shape of human figure

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