Object Title
Metate
Measurements
12.1 x 38.7 x 30.5 cm
Creation Date
300-700 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/14754/ceremonial-metate-with-crocodile-scutes-on-underside?ctx=1309ec0fb0e982027e3c194c99917e082f3f454a&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchaed November 1985.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Publication Information
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), 137, figure 300.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 1991.