2004.52 Feline-form grinding stone with two monkey figures (Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed)


  

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES
  • Atlantic Watershed, 1000–1200 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 03/14/16, 03/21/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Previously Entered Provenance (note): From curator Carol Robbins' email message to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker of: "Following the year-end gifts meeting, I called Ann Daley, who has since  spoken with Spencer Throckmorton, the New York dealer from whom Frederick and Jan Mayer purchased the three Costa Rican pieces this fall. Spencer told Ann that he purchased two of the objects, the metate [DMA ID# T43083.2] and the mace head [DMA ID# T43083.1], from a family in New York in the early 1980s, before 1983. He purchased the jade from a San Francisco family, through Dave Beroche (spelling?), a San Francisco dealer. The jade [DMA ID# T43083.3] had reportedly been out of Costa Rica since the 1960s. The United States accepted the UNESCO Convention on September 2, 1983; it entered into force on December 2, 1983. Costa Rica ratified the Convention on March 6, 1966; it entered into effect on June 6, 1996."

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364 
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206

Process/materials
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090 
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571 
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
feline (cat-like): DMA
jaguar (animals): AAT: 300310389
creatures: AAT: 300379697
monkeys (animals): AAT: 300250028
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
fangs (teeth): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until at least 1983: Private collection, New York [1], [2]

From at least 1983-2004: Spencer Throckmorton, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
 
From 2004: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Carol Robbins to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker (dated December 21, 2004, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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Notes
  • Atlantic Watershed, 1000–1200 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 03/14/16, 03/21/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Previously Entered Provenance (note): From curator Carol Robbins' email message to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker of: "Following the year-end gifts meeting, I called Ann Daley, who has since  spoken with Spencer Throckmorton, the New York dealer from whom Frederick and Jan Mayer purchased the three Costa Rican pieces this fall. Spencer told Ann that he purchased two of the objects, the metate [DMA ID# T43083.2] and the mace head [DMA ID# T43083.1], from a family in New York in the early 1980s, before 1983. He purchased the jade from a San Francisco family, through Dave Beroche (spelling?), a San Francisco dealer. The jade [DMA ID# T43083.3] had reportedly been out of Costa Rica since the 1960s. The United States accepted the UNESCO Convention on September 2, 1983; it entered into force on December 2, 1983. Costa Rica ratified the Convention on March 6, 1966; it entered into effect on June 6, 1996."

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364 
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206

Process/materials
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090 
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571 
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
feline (cat-like): DMA
jaguar (animals): AAT: 300310389
creatures: AAT: 300379697
monkeys (animals): AAT: 300250028
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
fangs (teeth): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until at least 1983: Private collection, New York [1], [2]

From at least 1983-2004: Spencer Throckmorton, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
 
From 2004: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Carol Robbins to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker (dated December 21, 2004, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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fertility: AAT: 300379149
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
bands (decorative): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
jaguar (animals): AAT: 300310389
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
feline (cat-like): DMA
portable: AAT: 300256252
creatures: AAT: 300379697
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
monkeys (animals): AAT: 300250028
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
fangs (teeth): DMA
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
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