Ritual Stone (pulidor)
Unknown
12th–8th century BCE · Stone · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Small, rounded hard stones such as this example were mounted to a wooden handle and used to polish stone sculptures in ancient Mesoamerica.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 12th–8th century BCE
- Medium
- Stone
- Culture
- Olmec
- Department
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1989
