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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Urpu (Long-Necked Jar)
© 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

Urpu (Long-Necked Jar)

AAT Object Form/FunctionUrppus
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChancay/Inka
PeriodLate Intermediate - Late Horizon
Date1440-1540 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Object number1989.008.162
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM 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, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 252, figure 565.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 238, figure 198.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Guillermo (Bill) Salazar, Lima, Peru, March 7, 1971.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas