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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Pear-Shaped Vessel with Caapi Vine Motif
© 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

Pear-Shaped Vessel with Caapi Vine Motif

Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
Possible OriginNicaragua, Central America, North America
PeriodPeriod VI
Date1000-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 1/2 x 6 in. (29.2 x 15.2 cm)
Object number1991.004.279
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
'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), 108, figure 223.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 123, figure 5.38.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Laurence Witten (1926-1995), Monroe, Connecticut, March 1976.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas