Metate/Flat mortar

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Culture/People: Chachilla (Cayapas)
Collector: Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
Expedition sponsor: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915

Collection History: Collected between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Place: Río Cayapas; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador

See related items: Chachilla (Cayapas); Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/3656
Barcode: 023656.000

Object Type: Food Gathering and Preparation

Object Name: Metate/Flat mortar
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e9182bc5-ab8f-43f1-8426-95c7785884d8

Record ID: NMAI_25115