Bark beater
Place made:Belize
Place made:Guatemala
Place made:Honduras
Place made:Mexico
Culture: Maya
Date: A.D. 250-900
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions:
h. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer
Object number: 2023.7.133
Provenance: Oppenheimer Family, San Antonio, Texas, before 1980 (Note 1); John and Kathi Oppenheimer by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Note 1: This object appears in a photograph of the Oppenheimer collection printed in November 1980 (date appears on the reverse of the photograph).
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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