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wood mortar
ECU #L01856

This wood mortar has acurved surface, head and tail (handle). Stress marks are visible on the surface.

Used with a rolling-pin type tool, wood mortars were used to grind peanuts and also to process bark cloth. The bark was hit, folded, then hit and refolded again and again until it was shiny and stretched to the desired size. The handle on this mortar was used to carrry it.