Bark beater
Artist
Pre-Columbian
MediumStone
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1954.22.104
DescriptionQuadrangular stone with circumferential groove on three sides, four parallel grooves on bottom. The stone is coarse grained. May have been used to prepare paper from bark. Known as amate (from maguey plant).On View
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Pre-Columbian
MELANESIA/PAPUA
MELANESIA/PAPUA
MELANESIA/PAPUA
900-600 BC, maybe
Pre-Columbian