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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Metate
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Metate

Artist Unknown
CulturePre-Columbian | Costa Rica
DatePost Classic Period
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 19 in. (22.2 x 23.5 x 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jack Chrysler in Memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number93.32.8
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionCosta Rican metate (mealing stone) with geometric designs, carved open-work legs.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Metate
500-1200
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
Metate
Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Metate
800-1200
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Head | Figure
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Pendant
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Mace head
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Mace head
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Metate
Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Metate
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Stone Hacha
300-500 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Pendant
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Pendant
No Date
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