Inscribed to one side in white ink '4741' and to the base in yellow ink 'NEW GUINEA. / WBSTR. 1898. / P.', on a later black-painted stand printed in yellow ink 'MORTAR FOR CRUSHING THE BETEL NUT, / IN FORM BOAT, / ORNAMENTED WITH BROKEN COIL PATTER, / NEW GUINEA.'

2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 1¹⁄₄ in. (3 cm.) deep

William Downing Webster (1868-1913), London, inv. no. 4741.
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Rushmore, Dorset, acquired from the above in 1898,
thence by descent until sold,
Christies, London, 2nd October 1990, lot 76.

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