mortar (food processing & storage)

Mortar of wood, carved in an angular hourglass form, roughly finished with splits in part; with a loop handle with a straight back. Decorated with a zigzag motif around the rim and on the back of the handle. Heavy, with a flat base, worn with use in pounding grain.

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