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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ocarina in the Form of a Bird
© 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

Ocarina in the Form of a Bird

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300 BCE-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.506
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 1994 - April 1996
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), 80, figure 150.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas