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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Female Effigy Rattle
© 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

Female Effigy Rattle

Place CreatedJonuta, Tabasco, Mexico, North America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic
Date550-830 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions7 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (17.8 x 8.6 x 4.1 cm)
Object number1999.003.108
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
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 53, figure 102.
ProvenanceEx coll. William Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas