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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Effigy Head Bowl
© 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 Effigy Head Bowl

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V
Date800-1000 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (12.4 x 18.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.266
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
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), 100, figure 197.
ProvenanceProbably exported from Costa Rica by Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, March 21, 1973. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, likely purchased from Laurence Witten (1926-1995), Monroe, Connecticut, March 1976.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas