A Costa Rican Decorated Stone Metate, ca. 800 - 1200 CE Funerary & Religious Equipment jade represented the first green

jade represented the first green shoots of fresh growing maize

“Etruscan-Campanian Antefixes and Other Terracottas from Italy at the Johns Hopkins University

the base of this scaraboid inscribed with the text "The image of Amun“

(1989) The Israel Museum

A Costa Rican Decorated Stone Metate, ca. 800 - 1200 CE Funerary & Religious Equipment jade represented the first greenThe metate is a type of grinding platform found in the ancient Americas; its forms vary from simple utilitarian to highly decorated ceremonial models. The curved grinding plate on this volcanic stone metate is decorated on the underside in raised relief with a central stylized figure having a human body and rectangular head, with the front leg incorporated as a long snout. The edge of the plate features a wide herringbone border. The plate stands on