Flying Panel Metate
A carved, textured stone stool with a wavy, scalloped top rests on four legs. Between the legs, openwork panels hold abstract carved forms, and the surface shows rough, pitted tooling. The record calls it a flying panel metate, but no grinding slab or birds are visible.
Look closer: Small carved forms are tucked between the central legs beneath the top, easy to overlook at a glance.
- Artist
- Central Region artist(s)
- Date
- 1 - 500 CE
- Medium
- Stone
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 3037 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 500).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979