Metate/Flat mortar with animal figures (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chiriquí (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. J. W. Fisher, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. George Jackson Fisher (Dr. G. J. Fisher), Non-Indian, 1825-1893
label: Previous owner
content: Union Free School, District One
label: Donor
content: Union Free School, District One
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been acquired by Dr. J.W. Fisher in August 1859 while en route to California; acquired by Dr. George Jackson Fisher (1825-1893, an obstetrician and collector in Ossining, New York) at an unknown date; acquired by the Union Free School, District One, Ossining, New York, in 1894; donated to MAI by the Union Free School in 1960.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Chiriquí Province; Panama
setName: label: See related items
content: Chiriquí (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: 22/9767
label: Barcode
content: 229767.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar with animal figures (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 20 x 20 x 12 cm