Jaguar-form Metate

Jaguar-form Metate

AD 300-800
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Object
metate
Medium
Fashioned from vesicular andesite.
Accession Number
1995.421
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Jaguar-form Metate. AD 300-800. Fashioned from vesicular andesite.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.421.
Dimensions
height: 10 1/4 in, 26.0350 cm; width: 10 3/8 in, 26.3525 cm; depth: 21 5/8 in, 54.9275 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Exhibition History
  • "Ancient Treasures of Costa Rica: Art and Archaeology of the Rich Coast." Denver Museum of Natural History, June 23, 1990 to May 31, 1991.

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