Betel Nut Mortar with Pestle – Atayal Tribe

This small mortar and its pestle, equipped with a typical iron tool, are used to prepare the betel nut—a hard-shelled fruit from a type of palm tree that the indigenous people chew constantly and spit out as a red juice.

Reference

PA417

Dimensions

Length : 7 cms
Depth : 5.5 cms

Period

1930

Source

Ancient Taiwanese collection- Taipei

Material

wood, pigments, sting, Iron
Price : 150 USD

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