Paint mortar
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Ostionoid Traditions
label: Previous owner
content: Captain Salvador Lopez de Azua (Salvador Lopez De Azua y Marquez), Non-Indian, 1880-1953
label: Previous owner
content: Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (Mrs. Salvador Lopez De Azua), Non-Indian, 1895-1974
label: Seller
content: Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (Mrs. Salvador Lopez De Azua), Non-Indian, 1895-1974
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Captain Salvador Lopez de Azua y Marquez (1880-1953, police chief of Arecibo, Puerto Rico); inherited by his widow Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (1895-1974); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Lopez de Azua in 1965.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Arecibo; Arecibo Municipality; Puerto Rico
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Puerto Rico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Art and Printing tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/6082
label: Barcode
content: 236082.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Art and Printing tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Paint mortar
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, ground