ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Mosaic Earspool

Place CreatedPuebla, Mexico, North America

CultureMixtec or Aztec

PeriodLate Postclassic

Dateca. 1490-1510 CE

MediumWood, turquoise, shellac

Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II

Dimensions2 3/8 x 1 7/16 in. (6.1 x 3.7 cm)

Object number1994.018.001

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - 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), 48, figure 90.

ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora Witten, United States.

Status

On view

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