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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Looped Leg Tripod Vessel with Modeled Crocodiles
© 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

Looped Leg Tripod Vessel with Modeled Crocodiles

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions12 11/16 x 8 1/2 in. (32.2 x 21.6 cm)
Object number1991.004.085
Exhibition HistoryCoca-Cola's Cultural Sensation - Latin America, Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2 - November 26, 2003
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
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 260.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1980.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas