Mortar and pestle. Miniature cylindrical brass mortar with flared lip; incised horizontal lines decorate the exterior of the mortar; cylindrical brass flanged pestle with clubbed grinding end and decorative knob handle. A mortar is a bowl-shaped receptacle and a pestle is a blunt, roughly cylindrical implement. Together they are used for crushin...
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