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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Spondylus Shell Earspool
© 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

Spondylus Shell Earspool

Place CreatedNorth America
CultureMaya
PeriodClassic
Date250-900 CE
MediumSpondylus americanus
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Object number1994.018.002
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
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), 40, figure 59.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas