Costa Rican Votive Grinding Stone Metate
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**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a nice metate, skillfully carved and embellished with two protrusions at one end, perhaps representing zoomorphic heads, with a curved grinding tablet and a tripod base. A lovely example! Size: 9.25" L x 5" W x 5.125" H (23.5 cm x 12.7 cm x 13 cm)
Compare with similar examples in the Birmingham and Bowers Museum of Art.
Provenance: private collection of William Leazer & Bill Swann; Dallas, Texas, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#124611
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a nice metate, skillfully carved and embellished with two protrusions at one end, perhaps representing zoomorphic heads, with a curved grinding tablet and a tripod base. A lovely example! Size: 9.25" L x 5" W x 5.125" H (23.5 cm x 12.7 cm x 13 cm)
Compare with similar examples in the Birmingham and Bowers Museum of Art.
Provenance: private collection of William Leazer & Bill Swann; Dallas, Texas, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#124611
Condition
Small loss to grinding table as shown. Expected surface wear, overall very good.
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Costa Rican Votive Grinding Stone Metate
Estimate $700 - $1,000
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