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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Crouching Anthropomorphic Split-Celt Pendant with Dual Headdress
© 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

Crouching Anthropomorphic Split-Celt Pendant with Dual Headdress

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumJadeite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in. (11.7 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm)
Object number1991.004.434
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 06, 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - 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), 153, figure 361.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased November 1983.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas