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Object Number 37-98-70/721
Display Title Old man's metal mortar for pounding betel leaf, lime, tobacco, etc.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term folenafo
Inventory Description Mortar, small brass container, pedestal base, brass chain with angled tool
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 3 x 3.1 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/721

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