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Wooden termite mortar stained black on the outside, carved from a single piece of wood. The bowl of the mortar is made of a tall cylinder with a angular rim. At the bottom of the bowl there are 7 pointed-elipse shapes bevelled into the wood. The below the bowl is a bulbous section of the stand that has a cone shaped section beneath. The base of the mortar is flat. The inside of the mortar is roughly carved.
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