
4 0 c m
31cm
actual image size: 23cm x 32cm
Description
Large, light coloured bronze pestle and mortar. The mortar is decorated and has a wide flared rim, straight sides and two rounded handles. The pestle has a decorated shaft. These common devices were used to crush lumpy or crystalline substances, or to bruise roots and rhizomes.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10424790
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