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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ceremonial Axe Head
© 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

Ceremonial Axe Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumAndesitic basalt
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (7.9 x 14.9 cm)
Object number1991.004.464
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 146, figure 326.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased February 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas