One part of a wooden paste squeezer. This part consists of a cuboid central section with two arms carved out to the sides to fit with the top section. The bottom has a piece of flat copper alloy nailed onto the cuboid piece of wood with twelve small nails, and an eight pointed star is cut out of the centre for the paste to be squeezed through.
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