Attayal tribe Mortar

Attayal tribe Mortar, North Taiwan. The Attayal are not known for carved artifacts, this mortar is just simple and used for household chores. The way of sculpting the foot of the mortar and its general long shape is however very representative of the Atayal tribe style..

Reference

MOAT600

Dimensions

Length : 34 cms
Width : 21.5 cms

Period

1950’s

Source

Zan-Biao Lin

Material

wood

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