RQZ-055029
A Metate
Atlantic Watershed Region, Costa Rica
20.8 cm (8.2 in)
Provenance
- William Downing Webster, London / Bicester
- Augustus H. Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, Farnam, Dorset
- Alexander Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, Farnham
- George H. Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, Farnham
- Stella Edith Lonsdale - Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset / London
- Nov 26, 1979, Sotheby's — Primitive Works of Art
- Fred Benson, African Sculpture Unlimited
- Allan Stone, New York
- May 16, 2014, Sotheby's — The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Pre-Columbian & American Indian Art - Volume Two
- Jun 12, 2026, Giquello & Associés — Arts d'Afrique, d'Amérique et d'Océanie
Sales Results
Lot 5, Sotheby's, London — Nov 26, 1979
Primitive Works of Art
Estimate: GBP 350–450
Auction price unknown
Lot 92, Sotheby's, New York — May 16, 2014
The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Pre-Columbian & American Indian Art - Volume Two
Estimate: USD 8,000–12,000
Sold: USD 18,750
USD 18,750
Lot 32, Giquello & Associés, Paris — Jun 12, 2026
Arts d'Afrique, d'Amérique et d'Océanie
Estimate: EUR 20,000–30,000
Sold: EUR 35,606
USD 41,172
Publications
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Hartman Carl V. Archæological Researches in Costa Rica. The royal Ethnographical Museum in Stockholm, 1901, plates 42 fig. 6 et 72 fig. 6.
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Hartman Carl V. Archeological Researches on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1907.
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Buxton Leonard H. D. The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham. General Handbook, Farnham Museum, 1929, reproduit plate X.
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Waterfield Hermione and J C. H. King. Provenance: Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Arts in England, 1760-1990. London: Paul Holberton Publishers, 2009.