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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Split-Celt Pendant with Avian Form

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureGreater Nicoya

PeriodPeriod IV - Period V

Date300-800 CE

MediumJadeite partially altering to tremolite

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions4 3/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. (12.1 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm)

Object number1991.004.395

Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
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), 155, figure 367.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased September 1984.

Status

Not on view

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