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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0411-0133   CAS 0411-0133; Metate
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Metate
Culture
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Mexico
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone: vesicular basalt
Description Large platform metate pecked and ground to shape from a single piece of stone; Flat rectangular grinding surface has very shallow lip around three sides and is open along bottom edge; The metate is supported on 2 heavy cylindrical legs on the lower corners and a single, slightly taller leg positioned in the center along the top edge, thereby setting the actual grinding surface at a sloping angle to facilitate removal of ground meal as one works.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 26.8, Width = 38.8, Length = 56.6