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: E4537

: World Cultures

: Food Preparation Equipment

: mortar (vessel)

: pestle

: With shell spoon, which is crescent shaped, curved and shint. For crushing betel nut. The mortar is bottle shaped (its base has two chips in it) and the pestle is in the shape of a stick with a knob on the end for grinnding the nut. All 3 items are attached with twisted fibre cord (a later addition?).

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: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Santa Cruz?

: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Santa Cruz?