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Mortar in the form of a feline

Unknown Artist

700–400 BCE

Mortar in the form of a feline by Unknown Artist

Medium

Basalt

Dimensions

H. 5 3/4 × W. 5 × L. 12 7/8 in. (14.6 × 12.7 × 32.8 cm)

Classification

Stone-Vessels

Culture

Alamito

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Claudia Quentin, 2016

Accession Number

2016.734.7

Tags

Animals

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