Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Mortar and pestle

Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Mortar and pestle
 (early 20th century)

Medium
Ebony

Measurements
(a) 7.5 × 3.0 cm diameter (mortar)
(b) 15.4 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm (pestle)

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

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O71.a-b-1979

Department
Pacific Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Physical description
Mortar in shape of an egg cup. Incised fine serrated line decoration.

Explore the collection

Survival and atomic bombing WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson MEDAL The Pacific whaling ship UNKNOWN (Scrimshander) A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Lar sor sor Ella Savage An opossum of Van Diemen's Land P. MAZELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) The Raft of the Tagata Pasifika (People of the Pacific) Greg Semu Human head, hacha Maya, Pacific Coast, Guatemala The mysterious basket François BOUCHER The sighting Greg Semu The bathers Anne ZAHALKA Suite of glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton Pacific Transformer 4 Tama Sharman The arrival Greg Semu The enjoyable lesson François BOUCHER Tambourine Arthur STREETON Mask fragment Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer); Margo BARTON (milliner); Sofia TEKELA-SMITH H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Yiwarra (Milky Way) Norah Napaljarri Nelson Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT driftnet Judy Watson The arrival, diptych Greg Semu Three ring sail parachutes of Skylab 3 at splashdown in pacific NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) Pacific Transformer 2 Tama Sharman The search Greg Semu Munul yewala country Paddy Jaminji Death (La Pieta of the Raft) Greg Semu A woman of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman)