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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Tweezers with Inverted Human Face

Place CreatedPeru, South America

MediumGold-copper alloy

Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II

Dimensions1 x 1 1/8 in. (2.5 x 2.9 cm)

Object number1992.015.252

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 1993 - October 1, 1996
Tears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 19, 1996 - October 31, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 1, 1998 - Spring 2001
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 - April 6, 2025
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 29, 2025 - 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 500.

ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Louis Slavitz (1907-1992), New York, New York, 1969.

Status

On view

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