Collection Online
Medium
Ebony
Measurements
(a) 7.5 × 3.0 cm diameter (mortar)
(b) 15.4 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm (pestle)
Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O71.a-b-1979
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Mortar in shape of an egg cup. Incised fine serrated line decoration.