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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Male Figure Carrying Severed Head and Weapon
© 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

Male Figure Carrying Severed Head and Weapon

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod VI
Date1000-1520 CE
MediumGabbro
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 1/2 x 7 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (29.2 x 20.2 x 9.5 cm)
Object number1991.004.034
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 140, figure 309.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 89, figure 4.18.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, May 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas