Metate Pecking Tool
Stone metate pecking tool. No distinguishing marks or design elements.
- Object: Metate Pecking Tool
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Early 20th C
- Dimensions: Dia: 2 1/4"
- Culture Area: Mesoamerica / Northern Mexico
- Cultural Group: Tarahumara
- Cultural Context: Pecking tools are used to roughen the surface of the metate so the material being ground will stay in place.
- Donor: Eugene Boudreau
- Catalog #: 96.019