Metate/Flat mortar and mano/grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 250–1550 (Classic to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959
label: Collector
content: Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
label: Donor
content: Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959
label: Donor
content: Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by explorer/adventurers Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (1885-1946) and Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (1882-1959), probably in the mid-1920s; donated to MAI by Lady Richmond Brown and Frederick Mitchell-Hedges in 1929.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Lubaantun; Toledo District; Belize
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: 16/6255
label: Barcode
content: 166255.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar and mano/grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Scoria
label: Techniques
content: Ground, carved