ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Frog Pendant
Possible OriginPanama, Central America, North America
Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
CultureGreater Chiriquí/Veraguas
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date700-1520 CE
MediumGold-copper alloy
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 x 2 7/16 x 1/4 in. (5.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 cm)
Object number1991.004.244
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 160-61, figure 388.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 144, figure 6.17.
Laura M. Wingfield, "Greenstone Axe to Gold Eagle Pendant: The Sex Change of Costa Rica's Symbol of National Pride," in Dressing the Part: Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas, ed. Sarahh E.M. Scher and Billie J.A. Follensbee (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017), 326, figure 9.1.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1968.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 700-1530 CE
700-1530 CE
700-1520 CE
700-1520 CE
700-1520 CE
1000-1550 CE
ca. 1000-1500 CE
ca. 200-800 CE
800-1350 CE
ca. 700-1530 CE
800-1520 CE
ca. 1000-1500 CE