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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Hacha in the Shape of a Howler Monkey
© 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

Hacha in the Shape of a Howler Monkey

Place CreatedGuatemala, North America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic
Date600-830 CE
MediumGranite
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions11 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (28.9 x 21.3 x 2.8 cm)
Object number1990.011.089
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, September 9 - October 28, 1979 (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 33, 45, number 44.
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), 25, figure 25.
ProvenanceSaid to have been with Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, from 1968-1969. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Vargas, December 5, 1976.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas