Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
name: label: Previous owner
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
label: Seller
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest O. Schernikow (1860-1933, a businessman involved in mining, a diplomat for Latin America, and a collector or many kinds of things); purchased by George Heye from Ernest Schernikow in 1913.
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: Eastern highlands; 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: 3/3523
label: Barcode
content: 033523.000
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, ground, carved