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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Head Vessel with Face on Nose

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

PeriodPeriod VI

Date1000-1350 CE

MediumCeramic

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

Dimensions11 x 11 1/4 in. (28 x 28.6 cm)

Object number1991.004.282

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
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), 103, figure 214.

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, July 1984.

Status

Not on view

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