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

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V
Date500-800 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.6 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.289
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 Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 86, figure 161.
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, December 1970.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas