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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Stamp in the Shape of a Human Figure
© 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

Stamp in the Shape of a Human Figure

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya/Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date1-700 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (3.3 x 3.2 x 4.5 cm)
Object number1991.004.185
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 1998 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 113, figure 235.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 115, figure 5.30.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas