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Mortar
Mortar

Mortar

Artist
Mediumstone
Dimensions1 3/4 × 4 15/16 × 8 5/16 in. (4.5 × 12.6 × 21.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1935.52.81 LA
DescriptionSmall trapezoid shaped basalt(?) palette used as a mortar to crush the pigments applied to face and eyes. At top is a concave area for crushing. The number thirty is written in red-orange in the concave area on tape.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Yoke
Totonac
600-900 AD
Head
Pre-Columbian
400-650 CE
Mortar
HAWAII
Mortar
HAWAII
Mortar
VALLEY OF MEXICO
Head
Pre-Columbian
Atlantean stool or table
Costa Rica
1000-1550 CE
Standing female figure
Pre-Columbian
200 B.C. - A.D. 500