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

Tubular Bead

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumQuartz (?)
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9/16 x 4 3/16 x 7/16 in. (1.4 x 10.6 x 1.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.446
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), 157, figure 378.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 1970.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas