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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Footed Shallow Bowl with Double Crocodile Heads
© 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

Footed Shallow Bowl with Double Crocodile Heads

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureLa Selva-Curridabat
PeriodPeriod V
Date500-800 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (4.1 x 8.2 cm)
Object number1991.004.374
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 126, figure 266.
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, June 1977.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas