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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Turkey Vulture Effigy Pedestal Vessel
© 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

Turkey Vulture Effigy Pedestal Vessel

Place CreatedPanama, North America
CultureParita
PeriodPeriod VIC
Date1000-1300 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (21 x 26.7 cm)
Object number1990.011.297
Exhibition HistorySeeing 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 - February 6, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 13, 2017 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesKaren M. O'Day, "Preserved Permeability: A Study of the Formal Rule System of the Conte and Macarcas Styles of Polychrome Ceramics from the Central Region of Ancient Panama" (MA thesis, Emory University, 1996), plate 20.
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), 171, figure 409.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July from Kenneth Klassen, Burnaby, British Columbia, July 22, 1983.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas