Bark beater (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 500 BC–AD 1550 (Late Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological) (attributed)
- Expedition
- Marshall Saville Guatemala Expedition (1917-1920)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Expedition sponsor
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents during MAI's Marshall Saville Guatemala Expedition (1917-1920), which was led by MAI staff member Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935) and sponsored by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Vicinity of Antigua Guatemala; Antigua Guatemala; Antigua Guatemala Municipality; Sacatepéquez Department, Central Region; Guatemala
- See related items
- Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/8225
- Barcode
- 098225.000
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Object Name
- Bark beater (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, incised, grooved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_106214