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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Oval Ceremonial Jaguar Effigy Metate
© 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

Oval Ceremonial Jaguar Effigy Metate

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
Date300-700 CE
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 1/4 x 11 x 6 1/2 in. (10.8 x 28 x 16.5 cm)
Object number1991.004.045
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 137, figure 304.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1976.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas