ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Tripod Vessel with Eagle Warrior Design
Place CreatedTiquisate, Guatemala, North America
CultureMaya-Teotihuacan Interaction
PeriodLate Classic
Date550-600 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm)
Object number1990.011.068
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1971), plate XI.
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), 22-23, figure 23.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, November or December 1970.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
450-550 CE
200-400 CE
250-550 CE
ca. 550-675 CE
600-900 CE
400-600 CE
300-600 CE
600-830 CE