ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Female Effigy Half-Celt Pendant
Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumBrecciated serpentinite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (16.7 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1991.004.400
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012MCCM 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 348.
Laura M. Wingfield, "Greenstone Axe to Gold Eagle Pendant: The Sex Change of Costa Rica's Symbol of National Pride," in Dressing the Part: Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas, ed. Sarahh E.M. Scher and Billie J.A. Follensbee (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017), 343, figure 9.10.
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, November 1981.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
300-800 CE
300-800 CE
300-800 CE
300 BCE-500 CE
300-800 CE
