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Description: | Wooden pestle and mortar. Pestle with a natural form, with a very distinctive knot at the bend in the wood. The pestle has a rounded end and there is a hand grip at the opposite end with a small carved step. There is some superficial damage to the wood near the end. Mortar carved from a single piece of wood in the shape of a cup on a pedestal. The top part has burnt decoration and paint in vertical stripes with a black stripe around the base of the top. The top part is hollow to form the bowl. The pedestal base is in the shape of a flat topped cone with eleven facets. There is some insect damage throughout.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 18.6.62/17 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood paint mortars (food processing & storage) pestles (food processing & storage) Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-77480 | Go to resource |
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