Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Wanda B. Scheifele (Mrs. Richard Scheifele), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Wanda B. Scheifele (Mrs. Richard Scheifele), Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; probably acquired by Wanda B. Scheifele when she and her husband lived in Costa Rica in the 1960s; purchased by MAI from Wanda Scheifele in 1965.
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- Date created
- AD 1000-1500
- Catalog Number
- 23/5780
- Barcode
- 235780.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Metate/Flat mortar in the form of a jaguar
- Media/Materials
- Basalt
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 58 x 29.5 x 20.5 cm
- Place
- Linea Vieja area; Cartago Province, Heredia Province, Limón Province; Costa Rica
- See related items
- Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_251098
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e578bdda-75e0-47b3-bd90-01385a65dbbb
