Object Title
Seated Male Figure
Measurements
36.8 x 22.2 x 20.2 cm
Creation Date
300 BCE - 200 CE
Credit Line
Gift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/15347/seated-male-figure?ctx=e294da3a89a52efe86d15e820a68a21bb1e336d6&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, acquired via trade with Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, ca. 1972.
Exhibition Information
Pre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979;
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984;
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984;
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Pre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 31, 44, number 28.;
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 24, number 77b.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 92.;
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), 36, figure 53.
Ceremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 24, number 77b.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 92.;
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), 36, figure 53.
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
Gifted to museum in 1990.