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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Seated Female Figure
© 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

Seated Female Figure

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureNayarit
PeriodLate Preclassic (Late Formative)
Date300 BCE-200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions14 x 7 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (35.6 x 20.2 x 20.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.223
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 31, 44, number 28.
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 24, number 77a.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 92.
Rebecca 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), 36, figure 54.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired via trade with Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, ca. 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas