Metate
NA11872
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Nicaragua | St. Lucia Cozumahualpa
Curatorial Section: American
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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