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Ceremonial Metate in the Form of a Jaguar

Culture Central Region (Atlantic Watershed Zone)
Title Ceremonial Metate in the Form of a Jaguar
Date Ca. 1000–1550
Medium Volcanic stone
Dimensions Object: 6 × 11 3/4 × 22 3/8 in. (15.2 × 29.8 × 56.8 cm)
Overall: 6 × 11 3/4 × 22 3/8 in. (15.2 × 29.8 × 56.8 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 63.224A

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Used for the grinding of foods, often corn, metate could also be quite elaborate, such as the animal form seen here. These elaborate metate are thought to have functioned as ceremonial objects.


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