Stone Puzzle “What am I?” Quiz



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odd assemblage of carved stones

What am I?

So, I didn’t stump anyone in my previous “Fairly Dirty
What am I? Quiz
”, and probably won’t this time either, but while
in the back gardens
behind the Nishimura
Stone Lanterns
workshop
, amid the bounty of photogenic
beauty
of 800 years worth of stone carvings, I came across the above
assemblage of stone (granite, I assume) whose purpose, like many of the
pieces I encountered that day, seemed mysterious to me.

It sort of looks like a bench, but it’s much smaller than that… maybe
8″ (20cm) tall.

What is it?