Metate

NA11872

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | Nicaragua | St. Lucia Cozumahualpa

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA11872
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Chorotegan
Provenience Guatemala | Nicaragua | St. Lucia Cozumahualpa
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 300–1200 CE
Section American
Materials Basalt (uncertain)
Description

Chocotegan type. Large fine stone carved metate; three legs; graystone basalt (?); ornate bead.

Height 53.34 cm
Length 119.38 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition; Robert Burkitt, 1928
Other Number 1092 - Field No SF | NA11873B - Associated Object Number

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