Mortar Item Number: 3277/14 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Stone mortar with nine large raised knobs around its circumference. The bowl is deep, with very vertical thin walls that extend up beyond the knobs. The base is flat and circular.
Narrative
Mortar acquired in Senofi village in 1971, from an elder who had received it from his father. Said to have been used for crop fertility by burying it in a field. Collected by Jack Lieber in Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Division. Lieber was researching village communities in and around Goroka, where he was lecturing under the auspices of UNESCO at the Goroka Teachers College.
Item History
- Made in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- Collected during 1971
- Owned by Jack Lieber before 2015
- Owned by Iris Lieber before December 8, 2017
- Received from Iris Lieber (Donor) on December 8, 2017
What
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Jack Lieber and Iris Lieber
- Received from
- Iris Lieber (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
When
- Collection Date
- during 1971
- Ownership Date
- before 2015 and before December 8, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on December 8, 2017
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3277/0014