mortar;
pestle
- Museum number
- As1993,03.23.a-b
- Description
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Wooden mortar, "milkut" (a) and wood stick as pestle (b); used for gat and spices.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.50 centimetres (a - mortar)
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Height: 17 centimetres (a - mortar)
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Length: 34 centimetres (b - pestle)
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Weight: 449 grammes (both)
- Curator's comments
- Used for pounding gat for toothless old men, and for spices such as cardamom.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1993,03.23.a-b