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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Kneeling Female Effigy Vessel
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Kneeling Female Effigy Vessel

AAT Object Form/FunctionVessels (containers)
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureNasca
PeriodEarly Intermediate, Nasca 6
Date550-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (19.4 x 14 cm)
Object number1989.008.103
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 239, figure 546.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Jaime Levy, Leicester, England, July 1977.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas