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Greater Nicoyan

Ceremonial Metate

Greater Nicoyan, 300

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Greater Nicoyan

Ceremonial Metate

Greater Nicoyan, 300

Physical Qualities Basalt, 6 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (16.5 × 49.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.48
Supports and ornamentation in the shape of bird's heads.
"The Wurtzburger Collection Pre-Columbian Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1958, cat. 48, ill. p. 33.

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