Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 250–900 (Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Uncle of Hector Varquero, Non-Indian
label: MAI agent
content: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Hector Varquero's uncle; acquired from him in 1924 by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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place: label: Place
content: Suchitoto; Suchitoto Municipality; Cuscatlán Department, Central Zone; El Salvador (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Maya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/599
label: Barcode
content: 130599.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, ground