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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Human Effigy Bead
© 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

Human Effigy Bead

Place CreatedOaxaca, Mexico, North America
CultureMixtec
Date900-1200 CE
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Object number1991.002.183
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), 48, figure 77.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1973.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas