Laurel Hand Carved Solid Wood Mortar and Pestle

This Laurel Wooden Mortar & Pestle is hand-carved by Fernando in a small town named Liquine surrounded by the Andes Mountains, Volcanoes, and Lakes in the South of Chile. Fernando uses the traditional indigenous techniques of the Mapuche people to carve the stool. The type of wood used is named 'Laurel' in Spanish, which we know as Bay Leaf Tree. Wood Carving in the South of Chile is one of the most traditional manifestations of the indigenous Mapuche people, inherited from generation to generation, where they use native fallen wood from the forests.

Measurements can vary slightly due to hand carved nature:

4.8" in. x 4.8" in x 4" in

The wood used for this piece is from the Laurel tree, the same tree that produces the automatic bay leaves used to season soups and a variety of other dishes. These trees are harvested using sustainable methods that do not harm the environment.

These pieces are perfectly safe for practical use. You can treat them like any other wooden cutting board or bowl. Every once in a while, add wood oil to spruce them up. Besides that, they are fine to wash just as normal.
As with any type of wooden kitchen piece, we don't recommend soaking wood in the sink.