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Object Number 47-54-70/2499
Display Title Wooden mortar (belongs with pestle # 70/2500)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mortar, carved wood, cylindrical, tapered at base, painted black, cracked
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Santa Cruz Island
Additional Geographic Terms Santa Cruz Islands
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 6.4 x 6.5 cm (4 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2499; D.31.64 / Santa Cruz

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