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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Flute in the Form of a 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

Flute in the Form of a Figure

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300 BCE-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions3 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.9 x 5.4 x 8.2 cm)
Object number1992.015.092
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), 80, figure 148.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora Witten, United States, possibly purchased from William Thibadeau (1920-2002), Atlanta, Georgia, 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas