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Pounding tool
Mexican (undetermined)
Postclassic period (?)
A.D. 1200–1521
Object Place: México
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.816
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsTools and equipment
DescriptionRound stone used to pound amate tree bark into paper, with typical incised parallel grooves on the pounding face and a large groove carved around the side of the stone for attachment to a wooden handle.
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.