Bark beater
Artist:
Pre-Columbian
Medium: Stone
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1954.22.104
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).
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In Collection(s)
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