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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Pear-Shaped Footed Vessel with Meander Motif
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Pear-Shaped Footed Vessel with Meander Motif

Possible OriginNicaragua, Central America, North America
Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
PeriodPeriod VI
Date1000-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (28.6 x 19.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.557
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), 108, figure 224.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 123, figure 5.38.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1975 or acquired between March and May 1985.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas