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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ceremonial Metate with Crocodile Scutes on Underside
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Metate with Crocodile Scutes on Underside

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed or La Selva-Curridabat
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-700 CE
MediumBasaltic andesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 12 in. (12.1 x 38.7 x 30.5 cm)
Object number1991.004.549
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 137, figure 300.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchaed November 1985.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas