Metate/Mano

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Metate/Mano

Entry/Object ID

116 a, b

Description

Grinding Stone. Material: stone. Description: (a) Metate. Large bowl-shaped flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano. (b) Mano. Smaller, round hand stone used together to grind grain.

Context

Native American. Accessioned in Sept. 1941. North American Indian artifacts

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Metate/Mano

Class

Food Processing T & E

Category

Tools & Eq for Materials

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibitions

Notes

1996; 2017

Create Date

March 21, 1996

Update Date

November 21, 2024