1992.015.103

Object Title
Pendant in the Form of a Frog
Measurements
4.4 x 3.6 cm
Creation Date
1000-1550 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/1869/pendant-in-the-form-of-a-frog?ctx=6093160f001671aab6e49f7eb4b13fca94ebf915&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, ca. 1960-1985.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - February 6, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 13, 2017 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
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 1992.

1991.004.549

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.

1991.004.539

Object Title
Mask
Measurements
15.9 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm
Creation Date
1-500 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/14910/death-transformation-mask?ctx=aa4f9d19f21120a5160df7bc603400585c00863d&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, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, September 1984.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 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 - Present
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), 82, figure 155.
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.

1991.004.538

Object Title
Mask
Measurements
16.5 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm
Creation Date
1-500 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/14940/death-transformation-mask?ctx=9997d265e2b20736fb7901fc3920da2b695a1dc6&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, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, September 1984.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Emory University, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Elisa C. Mandell, "Representing Death and Decomposition in Costa Rican Funerary Masks," MA thesis, University of California Los Angeles, 1996.
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), 82, figure 154.
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.

1991.004.386

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
16.2 x 33 x 14.9 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/15061/small-ceremonial-parrot-effigy-metate?ctx=28861fa810e4468516196d8e020aceb9362a638c&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, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, March 2, 1973.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 134, figure 295.
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.

1991.004.382A/B

Object Title
Incense Burner
Measurements
17.8 x 34.2 cm
Creation Date
500-1350 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/14976/incense-burner-with-doubleheaded-crocodile-effigy-lid?ctx=c5019a529015a1bbb9463009852fc8e731802c8b&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, purchased April 1973.
Exhibition Information
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 6, 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 - January 9, 2017
Desire and Consumption: The New World in the Age of Shakespeare, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 9, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, April 14, 2017 - Present
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), 90, figure 174ab.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 73, figure 4.2.
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.

1991.004.381A/B

Object Title
Incense Burner
Measurements
12.1 x 25.1 cm
Creation Date
500-1350 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/1556/incense-burner-with-crocodile-effigy-lid?ctx=c27a011cad155ff7debc0c19e8dd8f6f57426716&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, purchased May 1984.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
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), 90, figure 173ab.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 73, figure 4.2.
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.

1991.004.380

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
32.4 x 62.2 x 26.7 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/15135/large-ceremonial-parrot-effigy-metate?ctx=f6c0bb07da491124328ef9eaceb4872463009242&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, purchased June 1969.
Exhibition Information
Pre-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 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
Publication Information
Pre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1971), plate XIX.
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), 134, figure 296.
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.

1991.004.379

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
14 x 25.7 x 14.3 cm
Creation Date
1-500 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/15199/small-tripod-ceremonial-metate-with-geometric-patterning?ctx=b9fe0f3ede1c23e5e19bf35187fdb8fef1effdf7&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, purchased October 1972.
Exhibition Information
Coca-Cola's Cultural Sensation - Latin America, Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2 - November 26, 2003
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), 134, figure 294.
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.

1991.004.378

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
21 x 48.9 x 24.1 cm
Creation Date
1-500 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/14995/large-tripod-ceremonial-metate-with-geometric-patterning?ctx=bb5af276d0fd7ee14370b185766320998c116130&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, purchased June 1970.
Exhibition Information
Pre-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 (by repute)
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 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
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), 134, figure 293.
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.
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