Object Title
Metate
Measurements
28.3 x 76.5 x 52 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/17646/oval-ceremonial-metate-with-female-effigy-legs?ctx=956b21e733eecf7c821f1d19f10919575c817172&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Probably exported from Costa Rica by Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, February 15, 1973. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, probably purchased from Vargas, June 1973.
Exhibition Information
Exhibition History
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 - February 6, 2017
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 80.
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 301.
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.