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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tweezers in the Form of a Bird
© 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

Tweezers in the Form of a Bird

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureVicus
PeriodEarly Intermediate
Date1-600 CE
MediumGold-copper alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (2.2 x 3.5 cm)
Object number1992.015.294
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - April 1996
Tears 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), 218-19, figure 496.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Sotheby's New York, 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas