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Object Number
38-17-70/881
Display Title
Betel nut pestle (iron with carved wooden top)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pestle, iron cylinder, slightly tapered, wooden knob handle, dark wood, handle carved resembling bird, cylinder and handle connected by brass thimble
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Lesser Sunda Islands
/
Bali
Materials
Steel , Silver on Brass , Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 17.3 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm (6 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-17-70/881
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-55-70/D662 | Betel-nut pestle |
Mortar
|
Mindanao
| |
| 05-7-70/64463 | Mortar and pestle for betel nuts |
Mortar
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 48-51-70/2948 | Shell of tridacna used as spoon and pestle by old men who crush betel + |
Pestle
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 04-19-70/63318 | Betel nut cutter |
Food processing
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
|
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for Betel nut pestle
| 96-25-70/49424 | Betel nut pestle |
Papua New Guinea
| ||
| 40-12-70/1628 | Small wooden mortar for betel nut preparation |
Mortar
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 17-55-70/D1030 | Betel nut mortar |
Mortar
|
Mindanao
| |
| 13-24-60/84902 | Betel nut cracker |
Tools
|
Assam
| |
| 48-58-70/3046 | Metal Klopper for cutting betel nut - probably used to have silver + |
Food processing
|
Bali
| |
| 12-4-70/84541 | Betel nut box |
Box
|
Malaysia
Sarawak | |
| 38-17-70/880 | Betel nut mortar of brass |
Mortar
|
Bali
| |
| 04-19-70/63295 | Brass siri and betel nut box |
Box
|
Borneo
Borneo |