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)
- Previous owner
- Benjamin Massey, Non-Indian
- Henry Blake, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; said to have been collected by Henry Blake and Benjamin Massey; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1905.
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- Place
- Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6281
- Barcode
- 006281.000
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Object Name
- Bark beater (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_6684