Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, vulcanic stone ritual altar, metate, 900-1300 ADin the shape of a stylized leopard. The edge of the curving polished top and the legs decorated with carved circles. At the front a carved stylized leopard head and a...

Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, vulcanic stone ritual altar, metate, 900-1300 ADin the shape of a stylized leopard. The edge of the curving polished top and the legs decorated with carved circles. At the front a carved stylized leopard head and a short tail at the back. With a natural crack over the middle. Provenance America Antiqua, Tilburg, 1999 and Private Dutch collection since. With invoice. l. 66 and h. 27 cm, 22 kilo. [1]