Room I · Pre-Hispanic

Stone bark beater

Anonymous artist

Hand-carved bark beater in porous stone. With a smooth rectangular base. Anthropomorphic face carved on one side. Pattern of crossed straight lines on top.

Classification

Bark beaters

Date

1300–1519 · 14th century

Material

Stone

Dimensions

6.7 × 8.7 × 12.5 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.034.01869

Credits

Curator: Gabriela Zesati · Fotografía: Israel Salinas