Print of an image of a family of wood ducks by Francis Lee Jaques. Ducklings are pictured in their nest in a tree trunk, in the process of jumping to the ground, and safely on the ground, where the mother duck waits. The background features a male wood duck in flight. Paper has been mounted to pressboard. This belongs to a group of three illustr...
Box. Slim rectangular box or platform with long and slender drawer that has three compartments, one about 2/3rds the size the the drawer and two smaller compartments with rounded, concave bottoms; drawer hass brass drawer pull.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Mortar. Cup-shaped wooden mortar with pedestal base; exterior stained dark cherry color. A mortar is a bowl-shaped receptacle and a pestle is a blunt, roughly cylindrical implement. Together they are used for crushing, grinding, and blending pharmaceutical or culinary preparations. Mortar and pestles are tools that have been in use, world-wide, ...
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Mortar. Elongated, cup-shaped wooden mortar with pedestal base. A mortar is a bowl-shaped receptacle and a pestle is a blunt, roughly cylindrical implement. Together they are used for crushing, grinding, and blending pharmaceutical or culinary preparations. Mortar and pestles are tools that have been in use, world-wide, since the Stone Age and s...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Mortar. Small, cup-shaped wooden mortar with pedestal base. A mortar is a bowl-shaped receptacle and a pestle is a blunt, roughly cylindrical implement. Together they are used for crushing, grinding, and blending pharmaceutical or culinary preparations. Mortar and pestles are tools that have been in use, world-wide, since the Stone Age and since...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Mortar and pestle. Cylindrical wooden mortar decorated with raised bands near lip and base; pedestal base; small wooden pestle with wider ends and more slender portion in the middle. A mortar is a bowl-shaped receptacle and a pestle is a blunt, roughly cylindrical implement. Together they are used for crushing, grinding, and blending pharmaceuti...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
