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Home Bronze Utensils Mannar craft brass mortar & pestle, x large
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  • Mannar craft brass mortar & pestle, x large
  • Mannar craft brass mortar & pestle, x large
  • Mannar craft brass mortar & pestle, x large

Mannar craft brass mortar & pestle, x large

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  • Product Code:#MNR01276
  • M.R.P: ₹4,998.00
  • Price: ₹3,570.00
  • You Save: ₹1,428.00
  • Inclusive of all taxes

Size: 8.7 Cm

6 Cm
₹1,780.008 Cm
₹2,630.008.5 Cm
₹3,290.008.7 Cm
₹3,570.009.5 Cm
₹4,800.007 Cm
₹2,280.00
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  • A traditional brass mortar & pestle have been part of many traditional rural households especially used for hard beetle nut grinding.
  • Weight: 1.980 kg,
  • Height: 8.7 cm. 
  • Dia: 8 cm
  • Model no: 5
  • The traditional use of  brass is mainly for very hard spices, soap nuts, beetle nuts etc where the metal helps in better coarse grinding. 
  • These  brass mortar & pestles are created using the traditional sand casting technique honed by this cluster over 8-10 generations

All our products are handcrafted and this results in each product being unique and slightly different from each other and therefore will have minor variations on dimensions & weight.

 

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