- Date
- 1889 – 1900
- Material
- wood; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.13.0001 a,b
- Description
- A white stone (marble?) mortar and pestle: a) The mortar is a bowl with thick walls and a small lip carved at one point for pouring the contents or resting the pestle. There is a small carved ring at the foot of the bowl (one can see a mark at the centre and lathe marks where the bowl was turned).…
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- Title
- Mortar; Pestle
- Date
- 1889 – 1900
- Material
- wood; stone
- Dimensions
- 8.0 (a) x 21.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A white stone (marble?) mortar and pestle: a) The mortar is a bowl with thick walls and a small lip carved at one point for pouring the contents or resting the pestle. There is a small carved ring at the foot of the bowl (one can see a mark at the centre and lathe marks where the bowl was turned). The base of the mortar is stamped with the number “3”.b) The pestle has a stone grinding head and a wooden handle. The stone is stamped with the number “3”.
- Subject
- medicinal
- Philip Moore
- education
- Princeton
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.13.0001 a,b
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