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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Cup with Flying Shaman

AAT Object Form/FunctionCup (drinking vessels)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureNasca

PeriodEarly Intermediate, Nasca 3

Date1-450 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions4 x 4 3/8 in. (10.2 x 11.1 cm)

Object number1989.008.104

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 237, figure 539.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased July 1973.

Status

Not on view

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