ID: 700000144 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000144	Record Type: Movable Work
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Pedestal Plate with Praying Mantis Motif (pedestal plate; unknown Pre-Columbian Panamanian; Period VIB, AD 800-1000)

Note: The design portrays a stylized praying mantis, painted using complex abstract shapes, so that the background voids invade the forms of the figures. Amidst the swirling forms of this tall Panamanian plate is the image of a praying mantis, the sticklike carnivorous insect known for its ferocity. In the upper center are two widely spaced oval eyes and bared teeth. The body below features two zigzag arms and the bulbous thorax that ends in a concentric circle. Excavated in central Panama in the early 20th century. Pedestal plates were massed in the graves facing upward, apparently to impress funeral-goers.

Titles:

Pedestal Plate with Praying Mantis Motif (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Pedestal Plate with Monkey Motif (C,U,FO,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

pedestal plate [300265263] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>)

Classifications:

Pre-Columbian art (preferred)

ceramics

Creation Date: Period VIB, AD 800-1000

Creator Display:

unknown Pre-Columbian Panamanian [preferred,VP]

ceramicist unknown Pre-Columbian (Pre-Columbian cultural designation) Extent: execution [500125243]

ceramicists unknown Veraguas (Veraguas cultural designation) Extent: execution [500329605]

Locations:

Michael C. Carlos Museum (Atlanta, Fulton county, Georgia, United States) [500306509] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1990.11.298

Credit Line: Gift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Discovery: Maracás [1022032] Bahia (state), Brazil (nation), South America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: ceramic

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	vase painting (image-making) [300343820]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting (image-making))

Dimensions: 4 x 8; 4 1/8 in. pedestal diam

Events:

excavation: early 20th century

Cultures:

Pre-Columbian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Veraguas [300017240] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, <Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods>, <Pre-Columbian Panamanian styles and periods>, Pre-Columbian Panamanian periods)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

funerary

animals

Specific Subjects:

	praying mantis (suborder) [300389900]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum), Insecta (class)) (AAT)

	snake (suborder) [300250870]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Squamata (order)) (AAT)

	power [300374809]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	aggressiveness [300417470]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts) (AAT)

	ferocity [300417469]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts) (AAT)

	grave goods [300180706]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), Kontext oder Herkunft Objektgattung nach Ort) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Pedestal Plate with Praying Mantis Motif	........ [VP]
	........ Emory: Michael C. Carlos Museum [online] (2000-) http://carlos.emory.edu/content/pedestal-plate-praying-mantis-motif
Pedestal Plate with Monkey Motif	........ [VP]
	........ Emory: Michael C. Carlos Museum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Emory: Michael C. Carlos Museum [online] (2000-) http://carlos.emory.edu/content/pedestal-plate-praying-mantis-motif

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Emory: Michael C. Carlos Museum [online] (2000-) http://carlos.emory.edu/sites/default/files/12a_americas12la_0.jpg