Stunning, simple, and useful, these Freeform Olive Wood Mortar and Pestle pairs are perfect for your smallest of kitchen tasks.  Made by hand, olive wood mortars & pestles are ideal for crushing herbs and spices. The olive wood is an extremely hard surface that can sustain the force of grinding and mashing. (approximately 4in. diameter)
 
Since each carving masterpiece is made from a single piece of wood, each item is seamless and no two pieces are alike. Olive wood is a hard wood, making it very dense and durable for everyday use. Additionally, olive wood is nonporous so no germs or odors are retained. 
 
Add a natural accent to your kitchen and a cultural story to your dinner table when you're able to share the brothers' art of carving the trunks of olive trees to produce gorgeous olive wood pieces which highlight the distinct swirling patterns of the trees' twisted trunks.  Through their use of sustainable tree selection, recycling methods when possible, and fair wage payments of their artisans, multiple ethical practices are utilized in force at Natural OliveWood.
 
16"-17" L