Smiling Crocodiles. Isabel De Obaldia. Glass.
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Smiling Crocodiles. Isabel De Obaldia. Glass.
#InternationalJaguarDay :
Jaguar Effigy Ceremonial Metate
Costa Rica, Pacific Watershed, c.300-700
Volcanic stone
On display at New Orleans Museum of Art (81.338)
MVAC Senior Research Associate Dr. Connie Arzigian describes manos and metates, grinding stones agricultural populations in North America would have used to prepare maize crops. She shows how Indigenous peoples would have used these tools and explains the patterns of grinding, polish, and other wear that tell archaeologists they were used to mill or crush materials like maize.
Ceremonial Grinding Table (Metate)
Nicoya, 1–500 CE
"Making Tortillas in El Salvador, the Smallest Republic in the Western Hemisphere."
Source: https://tiny.one/metate
It's a long and scenic drive from Tacna, AZ to reach the Tinajas Atlas Mountains. It is worth the effort to climb and see the tanks that hold water nearly all the time. What a small source of life in a very dry and isolated area. We saw signs of past life in the metates (mealing stone) and a even a coyote. . #tinajasatlasmountains #tinajasatlastanks #metate #coyote #desert #barrygoldwaterrange #permitrequired #elcaminodeldiablo #arizonadesert #desert #water #climb #overland #remotedestination (at Tinajas Altas Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxNbSqu9ow/?utm_medium=tumblr
Jaguar-form Metate
AD 1000-1520
Central Region
Costa Rica
Provenience unknown, possibly looted
DAM
Metate. Mano stone.