Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1000-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
label: Seller agent
content: Volga Engineering and Trading Company
label: Seller
content: Emilio Alvarez Lejarza, Non-Indian, 1884-1969
label: Previous owner
content: Emilio Alvarez Lejarza, Non-Indian, 1884-1969
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Emilio Alvarez Lejarza (1884-1969, a Nicaraguan attorney and government official); purchased by MAI from Emilio Alvarez Lejarza in 1949 through the Volga Engineering and Trading Company (New York City) using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc (the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nicaragua
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: 21/3798
label: Barcode
content: 213798.000
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: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, carved, drilled
label: Dimensions
content: 46 x 21 x 26 cm