ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Seated Male Figure
Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureNayarit
Date300 BCE-200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions14 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (36.8 x 22.2 x 20.2 cm)
Object number1990.011.222
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau 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 ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 31, 44, number 28.
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 24, number 77b.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 92.
Rebecca 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), 36, figure 53.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired via trade with Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, ca. 1972.
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- Art of the Americas
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