Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1750–1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: J. B. Lewis, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J.B. Lewis (possibly John Bacon Lewis [1825-1909] who operated a museum in Petaluma, California, and sold artifacts); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Probaly brought to California from Northern Mexico; Petaluma; Sonoma County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
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: 4/3404
label: Barcode
content: 043404.000
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: Ground