Wooden mortar with paddle-shaped wooden pestle
- Made:
- 1870-1900 in North Sumatra
Wooden mortar with paddle-shaped wooden pestle, used for mixing charm potions by Battak of Sumatra (Karo area), associated with Elbert-Expedition, Indonesian, 1870-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656118
- type:
- mortars
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
