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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Vessel Lid with Head
© 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

Vessel Lid with Head

Place CreatedGuatemala, North America
CultureMaya-Teotihuacan Interaction
PeriodEarly Classic
Date200-400 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (3.8 x 20 cm)
Object number1990.011.073
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), 22-23, figure 22.
ProvenanceEx coll. Lee Moore, United States, from March 1975. With Genevieve Arnold (1928-2005), Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Spencer Throckmorton [Fine Arts of Ancient Lands], New York, New York. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Arnold, July 12, 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas