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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Globular Vessel with Geometric Design

AAT Object Form/FunctionJar

AAT Object Form/FunctionVessels (containers)

Possible OriginNicaragua, Central America, North America

Possible OriginCosta Rica, North America

CultureGreater Chiriquí

PeriodPeriod VI

Date1000-1520 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of James L. Taylor

Dimensions6 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (16.5 x 9.2 cm)

Object number1979.058.005

Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 128, figure 267.

ProvenanceCollected by Ray McKimm, said to have been taken from graves exposed during the construction of the Inter American Highway, 1943. Ex coll. James L. Taylor, Georgia.

Status

On view

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