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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Hybrid Bird-Mammal Ocarina

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureLa Selva-Curridabat or Carago-La Cabana

PeriodPeriod V

Date500-1000 CE

MediumCeramic

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

Dimensions3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (9.5 x 7 x 11.1 cm)

Object number1991.004.070

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
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), 130, figure 280.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1968.

Status

Not on view

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