Metate/Flat mortar (No image available)

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Date created: AD 700-1500

Culture/People: probably Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Possible collector: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
Previous owner: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
Seller: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but possibly collected between 1889 and 1898 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926, amateur ethnologist, archaeologist, and artist) and her husband Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918, governor of the Bahamas from 1884 to 1887 and governor of Jamaica from 1889 to 1898); purchased from the Blakes by MAI in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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Place: Near Spanish Town; Cave; Spanish Town; Saint Catherine Parish; Middlesex County; Jamaica
Archipelago: Greater Antilles
Island Name: Jamaica
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture); Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/8235
Barcode: 058235.000

Object Type: Food Gathering and Preparation

Object Name: Metate/Flat mortar (No image available)
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Ground, carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a65f4564-68a6-4b88-9e74-a025b13402c4

Record ID: NMAI_62798