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© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Secondary Burial Urn as Pregnant Female
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Secondary Burial Urn as Pregnant Female

AAT Object Form/FunctionCremation Urn
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureChimila
Date1000-1550 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions19 5/16 x 13 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (49.1 x 34 x 31.5 cm)
Object number1990.011.002 A
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - August 16, 2021
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 14, 2022 - April 5, 2024
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 84.
Rebecca 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), 184, figure 430a.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 77.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Kenneth Klassen, Bogota, Colombia, December 16, 1980.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas