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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Flute with Human Head Applique
© 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

Flute with Human Head Applique

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureVeracruz
PeriodLate Classic
Date600-900 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (20.8 x 6.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.277
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 53, figure 105.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro), San Jose, Costa Rica, 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas