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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Flat Top
© 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

Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Flat Top

AAT Object Form/Functionpins (fasteners)
AAT Object Form/Functiontupus
Place CreatedPeru, South America
PeriodColonial
Date16th Century CE or later
MediumGilded copper alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions7 x 1 in. (17.8 x 2.5 cm)
Object number1992.015.226
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 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), 217, figure 494.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Alan C. Lapiner (1933-1975) [Arts of the Four Quarters], New York, New York, 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas