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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Small Effigy Head with Side Opening
© 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

Small Effigy Head with Side Opening

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date800-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 x 4 1/2 in. (10.2 x 11.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.328
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), 92-93, figure 179.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 138, figure 6.11.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, January 1986.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas