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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Large Tripod Ceremonial Metate with Geometric Patterning
© 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

Large Tripod Ceremonial Metate with Geometric Patterning

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumAndesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (21 x 48.9 x 24.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.378
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971 (by repute)
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001|
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
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), 134, figure 293.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 1970.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas