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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Split-Leg Anthropomorphic Half-Celt Pendant
© 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

Split-Leg Anthropomorphic Half-Celt Pendant

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumActinolitic variety of weathered nephrite, limonite staining
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (6.5 x 3.2 cm)
Object number1991.004.466
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 150, figure 353.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased November 1983.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas