Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Jorge A. Lines (Jorge A. Lines Canalías), Non-Indian, 1891-ca. 1980
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Costa Rican anthropologist and archaeologist Dr. Jorge A. Lines (1891-ca. 1980); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Dr. Lines in 1934.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Potrero; Santa Cruz Cantón; Guanacaste Province; Costa Rica
setName: label: See related items
content: Guanacaste-Nicoya (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: 18/5906
label: Barcode
content: 185906.000
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: Scoria
label: Techniques
content: Carved, carved, ground