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    Posted 4 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    I found this tiny little mortar on ebay a few wks ago. It's less than an inch in diameter and hollowed out and polished so perfectly! At first, i wasn't sure it was stone or pottery, but it clinks like stone and looks like it w/ a loupe. I wonder when it was made and by whom? Found in Tennessee and sold as a tiny paint pot.

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      I've got it ! Native Amer. IUD.
    2. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 4 years ago
      Ouch, BB2! Wouldn’t insertion be problematic?
      Please mansplain.

      ho2culcha, it’s a cute little thing...so perfect!
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 4 years ago
      thanks Watch. not the right shape or size for an iud, i'd think. this little stone bowl is TINY! i could swallow it easily.
    4. Alfie21 Alfie21, 4 years ago
      Maybe a native american fire starter?
      See: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/real-native-american-fire-starter-stone
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      I'll stick with Indian IUD. I've run into them (excuse the pun) that felt as hard as a rock. Don't guess this one folds over ?
    6. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 4 years ago
      IUD= intrauterine device.....you are thinking of a vaginal device, I hope.
    7. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      The way this is made causes me to think it is a rustic ( poor man's ) Asian tealight.

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