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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Seated Female Effigy with Bird on Shoulder
© 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

Seated Female Effigy with Bird on Shoulder

AAT Object Form/Functionstatuettes (free-standing sculpture)
AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)
Possible OriginPanama, Central America, North America
Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
CultureChiriqui, Diquis
PeriodPeriod VI
Date1000-1520 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 x 2 x 1 5/8 in. (7.6 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.236
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - August 5, 2024
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), 128, figure 271.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July 1975.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas