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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Earspools
© 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

Earspools

Possible OriginNorth America
CultureMaya (?)
Date2000 BCE-1697 CE
MediumShell
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (3.8 x 1 cm)
Object number1994.018.036 A/B
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), 40, figure 60ab.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas