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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Plate with Underside Feathered Serpent Design
© 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

Tripod Plate with Underside Feathered Serpent Design

Place CreatedOaxaca, Mexico, North America
CultureMixtec
PeriodEarly Postclassic
Date900-1200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (7.3 x 18.1 x 15.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.261
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
President Chace's Office, Emory University, July 9, 1995 - August 30, 1996
President Chace's Office, Emory University, May 28, 1997 - March 1999
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
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), 44, figure 74.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas