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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

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 - 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), 128, figure 271.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July 1975.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas