Mortar ? Item Number: A2438 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Mottled yellow-brown and grey oval stone with a concave top surface and carved with three faces around the sides that are grooved. On the longer sides, one side has crescent-shaped eyes with a downward turned mouth while the other side has grooved eyes, a triangular nose, and a thin mouth. One of the shorter sides has a double face with a mouth in the middle of two pairs of eyes, the top ones of which are circular while the bottom ones of which are oval. The other shorter side has a large groove around the middle.