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This work was made with a single piece of volcanic stone, which is very brittle. Imagine how difficult it would be to carve this without breaking it.

Feline Effigyou Metate with Associated Mano

Feline Effigy Metate with Associated Mano

Pre-Columbian & Native American: Edmund F. Petty Gallery»

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