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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Bird Effigy Stirrup Spout Vessel

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlasks (bottles)

AAT Object Form/FunctionStirrup-Spout Vessel

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureVicus

PeriodEarly Intermediate

Date1-400 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (13.3 x 19.7 cm)

Object number1989.008.131

Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
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), 224, figure 511.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1978.

Status

Not on view

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