Stone Quern for Grinding Cereal

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Stone Quern for Grinding Cereal (querns)

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Stone quern (igneous rock?) with two stone pestles for grinding cereal, European?

Details

Category:
Nutrition & Food Technology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-443
Materials:
stone and complete
Measurements:
overall: 108 x 225 x 230 mm
pestle (1 of a pair): 38 x 38 mm
weight: 8kg
weight: 17.63707lbs
type:
querns
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust