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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Vessel in the Form of an Acrobat
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Vessel in the Form of an Acrobat

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureColima
Date300 BCE-200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 1/4 x 12 13/16 in. (21 x 32.5 cm)
Object number1990.011.171
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
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
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 32, 45, number 36.
ProvenanceWith Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, by 1969. Placed on consignment at The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, July 14, 1969, number NW-335. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Vargas and Nunez, November 1969.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas