Pestle Finial, ca. 1500 B.C.– ?A.D. 1600, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Komun River region, Highlands, Mt. Hagen region, Stone, H. 2 3/8 x W. 4 1/2 in. (6.1 x 11.4 cm), Stone-Implements, This stylized bird figure once adorned the end of a stone pestle. Almost certainly used in conjunction with the prehistoric stone mortars found in the same region, such pestles may have been ritual objects—possibly used to grind pigments used for body paint or in the preparation of ceremonial meals
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Pestle Finial, ca, 1500 B.C, ?.D, 1600, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Komun River region, Mt, Hagen, Stone, H, 2 3/8 x W, 4 1/2, 6.1 11.4 cm, Stone-Implements, stylized, bird, figure, adorned, stone pestle, Almost certainly, conjunction, prehistoric stone, mortars, region, pestles, ritual objects—, grind pigments, body paint, preparation, ceremonial meals
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