Making a Traditional Mortar and Pestle

Making a Mortar and Pestle.

An elder hand-making a pestle for use in a large mortar and pestle. A lot of work. Amazing craftsmanship passed down through generations.

A mortar and pestle is used extensively in cooking and processing in Shea Forest communities.

In fact, the traditional way to make shea butter involved crushing the seeds in a large mortar and pestle and then grinding them again after they were roasted. With Alfred Akolgo and Mwntoma Lily #KnowAboutShea – a series of informational posts about shea butter and the women, families and communities that make it.

These next lines give you more information about Baraka Shea Butter – read them if interested.

What we hope you take away from this post more than anything is that you impact women, families and communities when you buy shea butter and that it is important to know the source of your shea butter.

It is so easy to have ‘raw and unrefined’ shea butter that was industrially processed, chemically extracted and all the income and impact ripped from the women and given to the factory. See more in this blog https://barakasheabutter.com/sheabutt...

Baraka Shea Butter is handmade by women in northern Ghana using age-old traditions and techniques. It is core to traditional life and to their economic well-being.

You make a difference with every purchase from Baraka, or from people who make products with Baraka Shea Butter. It has a direct impact on hard-working women and their families.

You can learn more, or order at https://barakasheabutter.com/

---------------------- If you want to learn more about Shea Butter, how it is made, the women who make it and their children, families and communities please check out the videos and information on our website

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