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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Oval Ceremonial Metate with Monkey Figures

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureAtlantic Watershed

PeriodPeriod IV - Period V

Date300-700 CE

MediumVesicular basaltic andesite

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions4 3/16 x 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (10.6 x 18.4 x 14.6 cm)

Object number1991.004.044

Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
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), 137, figure 298.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1971.

Status

On view

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