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Suribachi- Box Elder County, UT
The bowl is part of a mortar and pestle set known as “suribachi & surikogi”. Both tools are used to process sesame seeds, nuts, rice and other ingredients in Japanese cooking.
Stone Ring Poi Pounder-Kaua‘i, HI
Poi is a starchy, purple pudding that has been a staple of the Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) diet for generations. Pestles, like the ring pounder (or pōhaku kuʻi ʻai), were originally used to mash taro root into poi pudding.