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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Bowl in the Form of a Crab
© 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

Tripod Bowl in the Form of a Crab

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300 BCE-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (10.2 x 20.9 x 19 cm)
Object number1991.004.578
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - February 6, 2017
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), 78, figure 139.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 1986.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas