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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Jaguar Effigy Tripod Bowl
© 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

Jaguar Effigy Tripod Bowl

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod VI
Date1000-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (7.9 x 16.5 x 12.3 cm)
Object number1991.004.501
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 106, figure 220.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Florida, from 1968. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Julio Castro Vargas, March 1989.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas