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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Crouching Anthropomorphic Half-Celt Pendant
© 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

Crouching Anthropomorphic Half-Celt Pendant

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumMicro-brecciated jadeite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (6.7 x 3.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.429
Exhibition HistoryCosta Rican Lapidary Arts: From Natural Stone to Ceremonial Celt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 30, 1993 - August 22, 1994
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), 147, figure 338.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas