Stone mortar

Made:
1001-1500
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Stone mortar, in the form of a jaguar with four legs, head and tail, sub circular grinding plate, decorated, from Panama or Costa Rica, 11th to 15th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A124519
Materials:
basalt, ? material
type:
mortars
credit:
Puttick and Simpson Limited