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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Hand Axe
© 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

Hand Axe

Place CreatedPanama, North America
MediumAndesite
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 7/8 x 4 in. (12.4 x 10.2 cm)
Object number1991.002.066
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - February 6, 2017
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), 169, figure 400.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1983.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Bruce M. White, 2015.
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 700-1530 CE