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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Seated Coquero (Male Coca Chewer)
© 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

Seated Coquero (Male Coca Chewer)

AAT Object Form/FunctionFigurines
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureNarino (Capuli)
Date850-1500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (23.2 x 13.3 x 14 cm)
Object number1990.011.004
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
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), 182, figure 427.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased April 1, 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas