YPM ANT.257032

Stone Effigy Tray from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Anthropology Collection. Catalog Number: YPM ANT.257032 Description: Stone effigy pallet/metate, 2 5/8' height and 12 3/8' length, 5 1/4' width, flat rectangular tray on four thin rectangular legs, one end decorated with stone head, opposite end has two legs sticking out, represents person laying flat, tray makes up trunk of body. Materials: Stone Function: Farming Food Preparation Culture Group: Latin American : Mesoamerica : Mezcala Locality: North America; Mexico; Jalisco State Unit of measurement = millimeters 3D Reconstruction performed using Reality Capture version 1.2. 225 images captured by the Computer Operated Photogrammetric Imaging System (COPIS), a project to design and prototype a modular, multi-view imaging system for museum collections. http://copis3d.org/ This work has been made possible in part by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor (award no. HAA-266508-19).