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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Bowl with Crab Design and Toucan Heads for Feet
© 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

Tripod Bowl with Crab Design and Toucan Heads for Feet

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date800-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (16.8 x 34.2 cm)
Object number1991.004.304
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), 98, figure 193.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 76, figure 4.5.
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, May 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas