Metate Pecking Tool

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