Metate/Flat mortar and mano/grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 250–1550 (Classic to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959
- Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
- Donor
- Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959
- Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
- Collection History
- Collected by explorer/adventurers Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (1885-1946) and Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (1882-1959), probably in the mid-1920s; donated to MAI by Lady Richmond Brown and Frederick Mitchell-Hedges in 1929.
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- Place
- Lubaantun; Toledo District; Belize
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/6255
- Barcode
- 166255.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Metate/Flat mortar and mano/grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Scoria
- Techniques
- Ground, carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_177756