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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Bifacial Point
© 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

Bifacial Point

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureColima
Date300 BCE-200 CE
MediumObsidian
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (29.2 x 6.3 cm)
Object number1990.011.187
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), 42, figure 65.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Howard Campbell, Orlando, Florida, May 27, 1974.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas