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

Seated Male Figure

AAT Object Form/FunctionFigurines
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureQuimbaya
Date1200-1400 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions10 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 4 in. (26 x 19.7 x 10.2 cm)
Object number1990.011.024
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - October 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 186, figure 434.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas