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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Human Head Effigy Bowl
© 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

Human Head Effigy Bowl

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureEarly Atlantic Watershed - Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date100 BCE-500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 x 6 7/16 in. (7.6 x 16.3 cm)
Object number1991.004.167
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), 118-19, figure 254.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 1970.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas