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

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AAT Object Form/Functioncores (object genres)
Source of MaterialSan Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, North America
MediumObsidian (San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala)
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 5/16 x 1/2 in. (5.9 x 1.3 cm)
Object number1991.002.096
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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 63.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas