Metate
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Metate
Stone
5 x 10 13/16 x 9 in. (12.7 x 27.5 x 22.9 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
70.56.13
Other Number(s):
23290 (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Number)
Acquisition Date:
12/09/1997
Geography:
North and Central America, Costa Rica
Classification:
Tools and Equipment; Food Processing, Preparation, & Service; Food Processing
Collection:
William S. Vaux Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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- basalt - A dense, hard, dark brown-to-black volcanic igneous rock, consisting of feldspar and mafic minerals such as augite or olivine.
- metates - Flat stones that have a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with manos, of the type used by Native Americans, especially in areas conquered and colonized by the Spanish.
- stone - General term for rock that has been cut, shaped, crushed, or otherwise formed for use in construction or other purposes. Includes the specific archaeological and anthropological sense of individual stones which may be decorated or ornamented and which may be used in ritual contexts. These are usually not carved or dressed, and so differ from sculptures made from stone.
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