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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Vessel with Applique Toads
© 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 Vessel with Applique Toads

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (27.6 x 18.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.079
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - 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), 121, figure 259.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, December 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas