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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Seated Coquera (Female Coca Chewer) and Child
© 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 Coquera (Female Coca Chewer) and Child

Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureNariño (Capuli)
Date1000-1200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions5 7/8 x 4 x 4 7/16 in. (14.9 x 10.2 x 11.2 cm)
Object number1991.002.220
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 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
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), 182, figure 428.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1983.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas