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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Disembodied Head Effigy Bead
© 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

Disembodied Head Effigy Bead

Place CreatedOaxaca, Mexico, North America
CultureMixtec
PeriodEarly Postclassic
Date900-1200 CE
MediumJadeite, quartz
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Object number1991.002.184
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), 48, figure 79.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1973.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas