Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0411-0133 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Metate | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Mexico & Central America | |
| Country | Mexico | |
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| 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 | |