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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
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105
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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