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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Utilitarian Celt
© 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

Utilitarian Celt

AAT Object Form/Functioncelts (cutting tools)
Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
MediumBasalt
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (9.5 x 4.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.444
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 147, figure 341.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1970.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas