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© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Globular Vessel with Incised and Modeled Jaguar Motifs
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Globular Vessel with Incised and Modeled Jaguar Motifs

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date800-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 x 7 3/4 in. (22.9 x 19.7 cm)
Object number1991.004.311
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
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), 94-95, figure 182.
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2012.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 127, figures 6.3 - 6.4.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro), San Jose, Costa Rica, April 1973.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas