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This is lighter mortar made from a softer fibrous wood. The pounding bowl is deep and nearby worn through. There is a deep split on one side which has been repaired with a tin patch. The portable type was used by a family, and also by The Semelai, Tasek Bera in West Malaysia. It said to have come from Cameron Highlands.

1 rice mortar: wood; good condition

Malaysia

Mortar; for de-hulling husk rice, Mortar