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Pestles

Scope note

Elongated pieces of hard material, usually stone, for grinding pigments or other materials in a mortar. GETTEN

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300024725

Broader Terms used

<grinding and milling tools>

Equivalent Terms used

pestle

Created

12yrs ago

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