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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Bark Beater with Handle
© 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

Bark Beater with Handle

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Dateca. 1-500 CE
MediumPorphyritic hornblende andesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (19.7 x 6.1 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.152
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 133, figure 292.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1984.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas