ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Cylinder Vessel with Supernatural Heads
Place CreatedPeten, Guatemala, North America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic
Date672-830 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (19.1 x 12.1 cm)
Object number1990.011.077
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - September 1993Five Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 1996 - 2001
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), 12, figure 13.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 7, 1983.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
250-500 CE
670-750 CE
670-830 CE
400-600 CE
600-900 CE
600-830 CE
550-600 CE
711-830 CE
450-550 CE
600-830 CE
550-830 CE