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Title/Description: Betel-nut mortar top
Object Type: handle
Materials: Brass, Horn
Measurements: h. 67 x w. 50 x d. 30 mm
Accession Number: 610
Historic Period: 18th century
Production Place: Bali
Credit Line: Donated by Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, 1978
Wood
Cowrie, Pigment, Wood
h 94 x w 26 x d 3.5 cm
1750 c. - 1775 c.
Gold, Paper, Silver, Watercolour
Unframed: (h. 155 x w. 85 x d. 1 mm) Framed: (h. 275 x w. 200 x d. 20 mm)
1800 c.
Walrus ivory
h. 114 mm