costa rican stone metate with carved designs, Guanacaste- Nicoya region, Late Period IV/Early Period V, ca. A.D. 300-700 the curving rectangular platform fluidly carved on the underside with a bold and complex interlaced design of multiple strands reminiscent of the mat motif associated with authority and sacred bundles, the supporting legs each of a squatting human figure with arms raised, seen in profile as an avian head with openwork beak, and small projecting heads at one end of the platform; in gray volcanic stone. Length 22 1/2 in (57.1cm)
costa rican stone metate with carved designs, Guanacaste- Nicoya region, Late Period IV/Early Period V, ca. A.D. 300-700 the curving rectangular platform fluidly carved on the underside with a bold and complex interlaced design of multiple strands reminiscent of the mat motif associated with authority and sacred bundles, the supporting legs each of a squatting human figure with arms raised, seen in profile as an avian head with openwork beak, and small projecting heads at one end of the platform; in gray volcanic stone. Length 22 1/2 in (57.1cm)
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