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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Incense Burner

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureAtlantic Watershed - La Selva-Curridabat

PeriodPeriod IV - Period V

Date300-700 CE

MediumVolcanic stone

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions7 x 14 5/8 x 6 7/16 in. (17.8 x 37.2 x 16.4 cm)

Object number1991.004.581

Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum, 1971), plate XVII.

ProvenanceSaid to have been excavated by Julio Castro Vargas from site near Tilaran, Costa Rica, late 1960s. With Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, purchased from Julio Castro. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas, December 1968.

Status

Not on view

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