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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Box with Lid
© 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

Box with Lid

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureLambayeque (Sican) or Chimu
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1100-1450 CE
MediumWood
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions3/4 x 8 7/8 x 4 in. (1.9 x 22.6 x 10.2 cm)
Object number1992.015.273 A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation 2, July 1, 2013 - February 3, 2014
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), 271, figure 580ab.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Louis Slavitz (1907-1992), New York, New York, 1970.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas