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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod with Raised Interior Feathered Serpent Design
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Tripod with Raised Interior Feathered Serpent Design

Place CreatedOaxaca, Mexico, North America
CultureMixtec
PeriodEarly Postclassic
Date900-1200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions4 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in. (11.7 x 21 x 17.7 cm)
Object number1994.018.052
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
For I am the Black Jaguar: Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 44, figure 73.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Victor Gonzalez [Oaxaca Curios Shop], Oaxaca, Mexico, ca. 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas