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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Bowl with Geometric Snakes
© 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

Bowl with Geometric Snakes

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureNasca
PeriodEarly Intermediate, Nasca 5
Date1-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (6 x 13.3 cm)
Object number1989.008.097
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - April 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 236, figure 530.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from David M. Goldfarb, St. Augustine, Florida, October 25, 1980.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas