Mano for Grinding Maize
Unidentified Maya maker
800-1200
Stone
Overall: 16 15/16 × 3 1/16 in. (43 × 7.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W
38.12.5708
Geography
Place Made: Central Highlands Area, Honduras, Central America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Processing
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Victor M. Cutter, early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Mrs. Victor M. Cutter [Florence deJongh Cutter], 1953; given to present collection, 1953.
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