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Betel pounder or mortar, used by toothless people for mashing up the ingredients of the quid. An iron spatula with a handle acts as the pestle and a metal or wooden tube as a mortar. Usually, the handle is elaborate, this one is in mahogany and shaped as the head of monkey. The tube is in silver. A lime box in celadon is shown on the left.


Description : Iron, silver, mahogany
Decoration : Head of monkey
Size : 185mm
Origin : Thailand

 

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