091 - Mortar

WOODEN UTENSIL used for crushing grains of crude salt gathered from salt basins (“arniakous”), which were appropriately shapes improvised cisterns inside the rocks. The mortar bears the imprint of an iron plate in its perimeter, used for fixing the wooden surface like the one at the base. It is accompanied by a wooden rod (pestle), which was used for crushing

Donor: Vasilis Kontakos