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Mortar and Pestle

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1700-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2587

Description

Very heavy, rough-hewn wooden mortar and pestle, lightly painted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
cookware
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
Treen
Wood
Carved
Painted
Mortar & Pestle

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.804A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 1/4 (H), 8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.804AB

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