metate;
grindstone
- Museum number
- Am1960,10.58.a
- Description
-
Register 1960:
Stone 'metate' (grind-stone), standing on three short legs, with a hollowed upper surface and a bluntly-elliptical stone hand grinder (Am1960,10.58b).
- Dimensions
-
Length: 16 inches
- Curator's comments
- Register 1960:
Stone grind-stone (a) [Am1960,10.58a] standing on three short legs; with a hollowed upper surface, and a bluntly ellipsoid [elliptical] stone hand grinder [Am1960,10.58b].
"Metate and Muller? used in Costa Rica for grinding corn and other grains". 62-1886.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1960,10.58.a