Feline Effigy Metate with Mano
date
300 - 699
creation place
Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya
medium & support
Carved rhyolitic volcanic stone with inlaid shell
measurements
16 1/2 x 31 3/4 x 13 in. (41.91 x 80.65 x 33.02 cm)
credit line
David T. Owsley Collection
accession number
L1992.018.002a-b
keywords
animal, cooking, culinary mill, cult, culture, earth, grinding stone, jaguar, mano, materiality, Mesoamerican, metate, nature, non-Christian religion, nourishment, nutrition, Pre-Columbian, religion, rite, society, supernatural, tool, world
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