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<p>[QUOTE="birgittaw, post: 4624, member: 28"]Generally, mortars are not used for anything that would "leech" flavor, oils or remnants of medicines. Wood is not a suitable material for just about any substance that would be ground in a mortar. Which is why most mortars are made from stone, ceramic, brass, other metals -- anything non-absorbent with a smooth surface. I imagine yours could have been used to clean rice, for example, or something similar. The pestle looks like a stomper, so it's possible that it was used to crush something dry although I suspect it really doesn't belong with it since the bottom of the mortar looks rounded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="birgittaw, post: 4624, member: 28"]Generally, mortars are not used for anything that would "leech" flavor, oils or remnants of medicines. Wood is not a suitable material for just about any substance that would be ground in a mortar. Which is why most mortars are made from stone, ceramic, brass, other metals -- anything non-absorbent with a smooth surface. I imagine yours could have been used to clean rice, for example, or something similar. The pestle looks like a stomper, so it's possible that it was used to crush something dry although I suspect it really doesn't belong with it since the bottom of the mortar looks rounded.[/QUOTE]
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