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

Monkey Pendant

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed or La Selva-Curridabat
PeriodPeriod V
Date500-800 CE
MediumAndesite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in. (3 x 3 x 0.9 cm)
Object number1991.004.191
Exhibition HistoryCosta Rican Lapidary Arts: From Natural Stone to Ceremonial Celt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 30, 1993 - August 22, 1994
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
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), 156, figure 368.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased February 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas