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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Effigy Vessel of Standing Male Wearing Necklace
© 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

Effigy Vessel of Standing Male Wearing Necklace

AAT Object Form/FunctionEffigies (general portraits)
AAT Object Form/FunctionVessel (conatiners)
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureMoche
PeriodEarly Intermediate
Date1-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (24.7 x 13.9 cm)
Object number1989.008.068
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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
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), 227, figure 519.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1971.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas