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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Vessel with Barn Owl
© 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

Vessel with Barn Owl

AAT Object Form/FunctionStirrup-Spout Vessel
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureMoche
Date1-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 11/16 x 7 in. (24.6 x 17.8 cm)
Object number1988.012.004
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, 1971
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 27, 1994 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1971), plate XXXVII.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (London: Thames & Hudson, 2002), 105, figure 88.
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), 231, figure 523.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (London: Thames & Hudson, 2012), 119, figure 103.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas