Areca nut mortar

The top is engraved with a frieze.
The base is carved with an animal head.
Ebony
Height: 10cm
Period: 19th or early 20th century
Kaileuna Island. Trobriand Islands

Source :
. Collected by Harry Beran in the village of Tawema on Kaileuna Island in January 1983
. Harry Beran Collection (HB 230)
. Marcia and John Friede. The Jolika Collection. Rye, New York

Price: €1,800