ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Double to Single Spout Vessel with Incised Connected Heads
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureCupisnique
PeriodLate Initial Period
Date1200-700 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 3/4 x 4 in. (24.8 x 10.2 cm)
Object number1991.002.223
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992MCCM 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 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996), 49, figure 36.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights from the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 221, figure 505.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 55, figure 41.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 191, figures 8.5 - 8.7.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from G. Arias, London, England, 1978.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
1200-400 BCE
ca. 1100-700 BCE
ca. 500-400 BCE
1150-1300 CE
ca. 1476-1532 CE