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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Bifacial Spear Head
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Bifacial Spear Head

Source of MaterialNayarit, Mexico, North America
MediumObsidian (Volcan Las Navajas, Narayit, Mexico)
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions10 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (25.7 x 3.8 cm)
Object number1994.018.044
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca 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), 42, figure 66.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas