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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Fragment of a Plaque with Repousse Square Motifs
© 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

Fragment of a Plaque with Repousse Square Motifs

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimu
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1100-1450 CE
MediumSilver alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions8 1/2 x 8 in. (21.6 x 20.3 cm)
Object number1992.015.278
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Pre-Columbian Art (May 31, 1985), lot 230.
Rebecca 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), 206, figure 472.
ProvenanceEx coll. Nora (1901-1986) and John Wise (1901-1981), New York and Connecticut. Ex coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, purchased from Sotheby's New York, May 31, 1985, lot 230.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas