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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Earspools with Incised Triangles
© 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

Earspools with Incised Triangles

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
Date300-1500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (2.9 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1991.004.062 A/B
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 - 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), 78, figure 144ab.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased September 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas