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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Small Tripod Ceremonial Metate with Geometric Patterning
© 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

Small Tripod Ceremonial Metate with Geometric Patterning

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumAndesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions5 1/2 x 10 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (14 x 25.7 x 14.3 cm)
Object number1991.004.379
Exhibition HistoryCoca-Cola's Cultural Sensation - Latin America, Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2 - November 26, 2003
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), 134, figure 294.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased October 1972.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas