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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
Dimensions13 5/8 x 10 3/4 x 5 in. (34.6 x 27.3 x 12.7 cm)
Object number1990.011.023
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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 - 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 432.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Kenneth Klassen, Bogota, Colombia, December 26, 1980.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas