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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Small Rectangular Ceremonial Jaguar Effigy Metate
© 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

Small Rectangular Ceremonial Jaguar Effigy Metate

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed or La Selva-Curridabat
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-700 CE
MediumHornblende andesite crystal tuff
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 1/4 x 11 5/8 x 5 13/16 in. (10.8 x 29.6 x 14.8 cm)
Object number1991.004.162
Exhibition HistoryExploring Authenticity: Issues of Connoisseurship at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 8 - May 18, 1997
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 137, figure 305.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased September 1969.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas