Great for display and use. Bought this for a exchange through a button group I belong to through Facebook. My exchange partner collects owls and this was perfect to hold some owl and other buttons I found to give her.
Beautiful stone mortar pestle. The design is perfect and the weight is very substantial 4-5 pounds. Very nice for working with dried whole spice, herbs, and creating stone ground whole grains.
"Sadly, there is less and less appreciation for the molcajete and this puts its tradition in danger of dying out."
"Our group came about because of a tradition in Mexico — an emblem of the gastronomy and culture of our country. The volcanic stone molcajete.... read more
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