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Hand-sized grinding stone, egg-shaped with flattened bottom.
Grinding Stone
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Grinding Stone

Maker Costa Rican Artist
Date300-1550
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumStone
Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (8.3 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberS-86-15
Collections
Visual DescriptionPeriods V and VI; Hand-sized grinding stone, egg-shaped with flattened bottom.
Small stone naturally formed in diamond shape with a bulbous end emphasized by carved groove.
Small Grinding Stone (?)
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Pestle is a small conical shaped stone with slightly rounded butt. Mortar is a small bowl with flat base, wall rises at a steady outward slope with small raised ridge above base, thick walls with shallow cylindrical grinding area.
Mortar and Pestle
Costa Rican Artist
300-1550
Small hand-sized pestle, cylindrical with end flaring to an oval butt, rounded by rocking back and forth motion.
Stone Pestle
Costa Rican Artist
300-1550
four legged metate with oval shaped grinding plate, at one end is a jaguar head, at the other a tail, around the rim are images of trophy heads
Jaguar Effigy Metate
Costa Rican Artist
Period VI, Late Period, 1000-1522
Four legged metate with oval shaped, rimmed, grinding plate, small nubbins on borders.
Metate with Monkey Figures
Costa Rican Artist
Period VI, Late Period, 1000-1522
Oval stone, small hand-held size, with wide groove carved around side forming at "V" - not completely encircling - one surface with seven grooves running lengthwise. Used to beat inner tree bark into pulp for paper and cloth.
Bark Beater
Costa Rican Artist
1-500
Grinding tool.
Stirrup-shaped mano
Costa Rican Artist
Period VI (Late Period), 1-850
Stone tool of a slender rounded crescent shape, possibly used to smooth and shape objects (perhaps ceramics).
Stone Shaping Tool
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Stone tool, rounded crescent shape with wide carved groove (finger width) on inner side of curve - possibly used for smoothing and shaping.
Stone Shaping Tool
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Period VI; Small jar with rounded bottom, raised base ring, bottom rounds up into wall, curves inward at 1/3 height, at 2/3 height a rounded ring curves up to small raised rim with slight inward slope - small handle - ring attached from upper ring to shoulder of wall. Brown ware with dark brown or black slip, 3 small pellets attached on upper ring, arranged with handle at quadrants pinched with extended point in middle with 2 holes poked on sides; perhaps to form a face.
Small Jar with Handle
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small rounded jar with short, conical tripod legs, rounded bottom, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half, raised neck with outward flaring rim. Coarse red ware with red slip, attached animal head and tail on opposite sides - small nub ears with pointy snout, short wide tail, ring of oval pills attached to wall between head and tail.
Small Tripod Jar with Animal Head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Period VI Miniature chocolate ware globular jar with rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding to inward curve at 1/2 height to small mouth with a short raised rim. Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Miniature Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550

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