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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Negative-Painted Secondary Burial Urn
© 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

Negative-Painted Secondary Burial Urn

Possible OriginEcuador, South America
Possible OriginColombia, South America
CultureCarchi-Nariño or Piartal
Date750-1250 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions31 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (80 x 19.7 cm)
Object number1990.011.064
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 178, figure 416.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased September 12, 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas