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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Utilitarian Metate with Mano
© 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

Utilitarian Metate with Mano

AAT Object Form/FunctionMetates
AAT Object Form/FunctionManos (food mills)
Place CreatedCosta Rica, Central America, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumMicrodiorite
Credit LineGift of James L. Taylor
Dimensions7 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (19.4 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1979.058.008 A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
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), 133, figure 288ab.
ProvenanceCollected by Ray McKimm. Ex coll. James L. Taylor, Georgia.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas