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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) in the Form of a Condor's Leg
© 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

Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) in the Form of a Condor's Leg

Place CreatedPeru, South America
PeriodColonial
Dateca. 1532-1600 CE
MediumBronze (copper-tin) alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm)
Object number1992.015.313
Exhibition HistoryTears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998
MCCM 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), 213, figure 479.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from William Thibadeau (1920-2002), Atlanta, Georgia, through Ellis C. Soper, North Carolina, ca. 1960-1985.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas