Metate
29-44-705
From: Southwest Colorado | Southeastern Utah
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-44-705 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Basketmaker |
| Provenience | Southwest Colorado | Southeastern Utah |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Vesicular Basalt |
| Description | Square metate carved from a porous, gray stone. Shallow depression in the grinding surface with a slight ridge around it along three sides. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Length | 23.5 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Charles D. Hazzard; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1896 |
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