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

Spear Point

Possible OriginNicaragua, Central America, North America
Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumMicrocrystalline quartz variety, jasper conglomerate
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (11.4 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.532
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 146, figure 332.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July 1969.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas