Skip to main content
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Vessel in the Form of a Feline
© 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

Vessel in the Form of a Feline

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlasks (bottles)
Place CreatedHuarmey, Peru, South America
CultureWari
PeriodMiddle Horizon
Dateca. 750 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions12 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/2 in. (31.8 x 20.3 x 19 cm)
Object number1989.008.160
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - April 1996
MCCM 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 - 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), 242, figure 551.
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2012.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Guillermo (Bill) Salazar, Lima, Peru, March, 7, 1971.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas