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: Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-28476, described as Steatite mortar
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: Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and arrow straightener, accession number 1-3940, described as Mortar/arrow straightener. Made of steatite, oval. Shallow transverse groove at center of bottom. Mortar is for tobacco. For use with 1-3941.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Pestle and arrow straightener, accession number 1-3941, described as Pestle/arrow straightener. Made of steatite. Transverse groove on top. Flat bottom with stepped-down flat spot (for finger grip?). For use with tobacco mortar 1-3940
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