© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Supernatural Maize Figure Effigy Vessel

AAT Object Form/FunctionVessel (conatainers)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureMoche

PeriodEarly Intermediate

Date1-650 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (26 x 17.9 cm)

Object number1989.008.073

Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 229, figure 521.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, "Human-Animal Imagery, Shamanic Visions, and Ancient American Aesthetics," RES 45 (Spring 2004): 48, figure 1.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased August 1970.

Status

On view

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