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Monday Morning Mystery: Jamaica Edition
Photographed this in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica last week.
What is it? (Answer Friday.)
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Coffee Bean Pulper
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I’m guessing that the “bat” is a pestle. Which would make the “bucket” a mortar.
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Yes, though it may not be a bucket.
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Is the wooden bucket to the left a Hint?
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Irene Auleta
Coffee Bean Pulper
John S Workman Jr
I’m guessing that the “bat” is a pestle. Which would make the “bucket” a mortar.
james b wright
Yes, though it may not be a bucket.
Sue
Is the wooden bucket to the left a Hint?