Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
name: label: Possible owner
content: John Surany (John Suranyi), Non-Indian, 1900-1969
label: Previous owner
content: Anico Surany (Anico Surany De Benjamin/Mimi Hortense Anico Surany Benjamin/Anico De Surnay Benjamin/Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin/Mrs. Larry Benjamin), Non-Indian, 1929-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Ildico Surany O'Connor (Ildiko O'Connor/Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor), Non-Indian, 1922-2000
label: Donor
content: Ildico Surany O'Connor (Ildiko O'Connor/Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor), Non-Indian, 1922-2000
label: Honoree
content: Anico Surany (Anico Surany De Benjamin/Mimi Hortense Anico Surany Benjamin/Anico De Surnay Benjamin/Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin/Mrs. Larry Benjamin), Non-Indian, 1929-1973
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Anico Surany (Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin, 1929-1973, an author of children's books) and possibly that of her father John Surany (1900-1969, a businessman who frequently travelled to Panama and Costa Rica); inherited by Anico Surany’s sister Ildico (Ildiko) Surany O'Connor (Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor, 1922-2000); donated to MAI by Mrs. O’Connor in 1974 in memory of Anico Surany Benjamin.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Nicoya; Nicoya Cantón; Guanacaste Province; Costa Rica
setName: 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: 24/9303
label: Barcode
content: 249303.000
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, ground