Large Costa Rican Stone Metate (Grinding Table)

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. 300 to 1200 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding table known as a metate exhibiting a curved platform that is raised on one end and supported by a trio of integral conical legs. Size: 16" L x 11" W x 9.3" H (40.6 cm x 27.9 cm x 23.6 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Estate collection, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, acquired 1960 to 2024

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Condition Report: Small nicks and wear to surfaces, otherwise intact and very good. Great smoothness atop grinding surface.