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Stone metate with effigy bird head
Stone metate with effigy bird head
Object Number 29-54-20/C10987
Display Title Stone metate with effigy bird head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone metate, carved bird effigy head, incised, carved decorated legs, reconstructed
Classification
  • Metate
Department Archaeological
Date 750 - 1150 CE
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Comayagua / <County> / <City> / Tenampua
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object C10987
Provenance
Collector Dorothy H. Popenoe (1929)
Donor Donated by Dorothy H. Popenoe (11/1929)
Donor Donated by Dr. F. Wilson Popenoe (11/1929)

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