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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Long Handled Oval Tweezers
© 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

Long Handled Oval Tweezers

Place CreatedPeru, South America
MediumSilver alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 3/4 x 5/8 in. (4.4 x 1.6 cm)
Object number1992.015.219
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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 504.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Alan C. Lapiner (1933-1975) [Arts of the Four Quarters], New York, New York, 1968.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas