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Pre-Columbian Stone Metate - Unusual Form
Pre-Columbian Stone Metate - Unusual Form
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, 300 BCE - 1000 CE. This stone metate is unusual for its form. The ancient artisan chiseled a piece of stone into a large lozenge-shaped grinding stone or slab with a smooth arcuated depression that has no legs. Metates were traditionally used by women of Mesoamerica for grinding maize with a horizontal grinding motion and other organic materials during food preparation. 15"L x 7-1/2"W at widest x 2-3/4"D

Provenance: Ex-Duane and Suzanne Kinkaide Collection, Utah

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Condition
Expected wear from use and age. Near choice if not choice condition!
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Pre-Columbian Stone Metate - Unusual Form

Estimate $1,200 - $1,800
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