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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Oval Metate with Avian Ornaments
© 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

Oval Metate with Avian Ornaments

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed or La Selva-Curridabat
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-700 CE
MediumAndesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions5 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (14.3 x 31.8 x 24.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.161
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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 299.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased April 1973.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas