ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Globular Effigy Head Vessel
Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod V
Date500-800 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 7/8 x 9 in. (12.4 x 22.8 cm)
Object number1991.004.032
Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 1 - October 13, 1992MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - September 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 84-85, figure 157.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 145-46, figures 6.19 - 6.22.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased January 1986.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 400-700 CE
800-1350 CE
700-1000 CE
100 BCE-500 CE
800-1350 CE
1350-1520 CE
ca. 200-800 CE
1000-1520 CE