The Carlos Museum announces two new podcasts in the award-winning series Carlos Conversations. In “Sacred Spots,” Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor of Art History and Curator of Ancient American Art, and John Polisar, Coordinator of the Jaguar Conservation Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society, discuss the most feared and revered animal of the Americas, and its importance in the shamanic religious traditions of the ancient people of this region.
Though piercing and tattooing may seem ultra contemporary, the collections of the Carlos Museum contain giant gold ear spools, labrets, and other objects related to the body modification practices of the ancient Americans of Meso, Central, and South America. Associate Professor of Art History and Curator of Ancient American Art, Rebecca Stone, discusses these objects and their meaning for the ancient people who made and wore them.
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OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS:
Friday, October 30
Mummies and Milkshakes on the Quadrangle!
7:00 pm
Emory Quadrangle
Scream on the Green! The Carlos Museum and Jake’s Ice Cream present the fifth annual Mummies and Milkshakes, outside on the beautiful quadrangle of Emory University. Visit the mummies in the Egyptian galleries, choose your favorite Jake’s Ice Cream flavor for a milkshake (and hot chocolate if it is chilly!), and watch vintage mummy cartoons and the hilarious Three Stooges short We Want Our Mummy followed by the 1932 classic 
The Mummy, with Boris Karloff. Milkshakes for sale beginning at 6:30 pm, cartoons at 7 pm, films begins at 7:45 pm. Free to Museum members; $5 for non-members. Outdoor seating. Bring blankets and chairs to sit on. Costumes encouraged! Milkshakes sold separately. Galleries open from 6 to 9:30 pm. In case of inclement weather, this event will take place in the Carlos Museum Reception Hall. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 23 by calling 404 727-0519.
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Tripod vessel with modeled jaguar features
Costa Rica or Nicaragua
Pataky Polychrome, Pataky Variety
ca. 1000-1350 AD
Ceramic
1994.4.337
