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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Peg-Based Standing Male Figure
© 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

Peg-Based Standing Male Figure

Possible OriginCosta Rica, North America
Possible OriginPanama, Central America, North America
CultureChiriqui, Diquis
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date800-1520 CE
MediumAltered porous andesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 in. (29.5 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.212
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - February 6, 2017
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), 143, figure 312.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, "Human-Animal Imagery, Shamanic Visions, and Ancient American Aesthetics," RES 45 (2004): 60, figure 9.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased October 1972.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas