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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Split-Celt Pendant with Bird
© 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-Celt Pendant with Bird

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
Date300-800 CE
MediumQuartz
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. (17.1 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm)
Object number1991.004.425
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
MCCM 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), 155, figure 366.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired March 1968 or purchased May 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas