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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Blade
© 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

Blade

Source of MaterialPachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
MediumObsidian (Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico)
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 3/4 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 0.6 cm)
Object number1991.002.097
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 42, figure 62.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas