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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Small Ceremonial Parrot Effigy Metate
© 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

Small Ceremonial Parrot Effigy Metate

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-700 CE
MediumMicrodiorite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 3/8 x 13 x 5 7/8 in. (16.2 x 33 x 14.9 cm)
Object number1991.004.386
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 134, figure 295.
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, March 2, 1973.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas