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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Spouted Turtle Effigy Vessel
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spouted Turtle Effigy Vessel

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureColima
Date300 BCE-200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (11.4 x 31 cm)
Object number1990.011.184
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
Pre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - April 1996
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1971), plate V.
Pre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 32, 45, number 38.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, by 1971.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas