ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Vessel in the Form of a Toad with Two-Headed Serpent

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureLa Selva-Curridabat

PeriodPeriod V

Date500-800 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions3 9/16 x 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.1 x 17.4 x 11.8 cm)

Object number1991.004.332

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), 124, figure 262.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 70.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 87-88, figures 4.16 - 4.17.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, June 1976.

Status

On view

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