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Mortar
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Mortar has a wide, flared mouth with two dolphin handles applied to the body. Two highly decorative bands of circle the body of mortar. The top band is narrow and has a acanthus leaf motif. The lower band is wide and decorated with mythical figures.
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Credit lineMortar. 1615. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.