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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Metate

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 1–500
    Medium: 

    Stone

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.37
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Metate

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 1–500
    Medium: 

    Stone

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.38
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mortar and pestle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 400–700
    Medium: 

    Vesicular Andesite

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.46a-b
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Metate or mortar

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–700
    Medium: 

    Stone

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.59
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Period: 
    4th–5th period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center