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.

1991.004.204

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.

1991.004.162

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
10.8 x 29.6 x 14.8 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/17490/small-rectangular-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=7d33c05fd34f6003b1ec124972f933d19d1204a8&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 September 1969.
Exhibition Information
Exploring Authenticity: Issues of Connoisseurship at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 8 - May 18, 1997
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 305.
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.

1991.004.161

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
14.3 x 31.8 x 24.1 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/17839/oval-metate-with-avian-ornaments?ctx=35893aecdd207584a553f3d4f5d158438e6458a9&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
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 299.
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.

1991.004.049

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
17.8 x 48.2 x 19.7 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/22275/rectangular-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=9695d2cf32a59847f2d072fb692e5b44942618c6&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 November 1968.
Exhibition Information
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, 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), 137, figure 302.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 119, figure 5.36.
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.

1991.004.048

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
14 x 47 x 23.5 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/22260/oval-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=d079aabe34feb007cb4233c2a034cea089620814&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 1968.
Exhibition Information
Five Continents - Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
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 303.
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.

1991.004.045

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
10.8 x 28 x 16.5 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/14711/oval-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=02d6ede6fdb9ac529a9b903d564b2be132850f3d&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 December 1976.
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 304.
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.

1991.004.044

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
10.6 x 18.4 x 14.6 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/22248/oval-ceremonial-metate-with-monkey-figures?ctx=ffcec4e32457fa255cf8f9eb6c7cf2197cec4a60&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 December 1971.
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
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), 137, figure 298.
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.

1991.004.040

Object Title
Pot Stand
Measurements
17.8 x 8.2 cm
Creation Date
850-1500 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/22457/pot-stand-with-anthropomorphic-monkeys?ctx=3fce4ae2c9fcf2b7384e727976ca0c956bfe362e&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, June 19, 1968.
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
Five Continents, Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - February 6, 2017
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
Acquired by museum in 1991.

1991.004.035

Object Title
Male Figure
Measurements
34.1 x 23.4 x 10.2 cm
Creation Date
700-1100 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/14607/male-figure-wearing-a-crocodile-mask?ctx=e8564211ba7dffb3586ea3ec3f7e61f4cf668646&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, December 1971.
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
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 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - May 10, 2022
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, August 1, 2022 - Present
Publication Information
Pre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum, 1971), plate XVI.
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), 140, figure 306.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 82, figure 4.9.
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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