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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Whistle in the Form of a Bat
© 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

Whistle in the Form of a Bat

Place CreatedHonduras, North America
PeriodLate Classic
Date700-850 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1990.011.120
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 1994 - February 1995
Five Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
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), 58-59, figure 122.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased February 15, 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas