ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Crouching Anthropomorphic Half-Celt Pendant
Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumWeathered jadeite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (9.2 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.394
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 10, 1994 - 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), 152, figure 355.
Karen M. O'Day, "A Study of Painted Pottery from Sitio Conte Cemetery, Panama," PhD diss., Emory University, 2002, figure 3.44.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
300-800 CE
300 BCE-500 CE
300-800 CE
300-800 CE
300-800 CE
