Private Collection, Kansas City, acquired in 1968

Thence by family descent

This classic tripod metate was carved with an▨ unusual animal head, possibly an ♒iguana or reptile, in a rectangular form with a sunken interior. The rear legs are lightened by the stacked openwork design. For a similar example in the Frederick and Jan Mayer Collection at the Denver Art Museum, see Object No. 1195:412.