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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Spout and Bridge Vessel in the Form of a Bird
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spout and Bridge Vessel in the Form of a Bird

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlasks (bottles)
AAT Object Form/FunctionStirrup-Spout Vessel
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureNasca
PeriodEarly Intermediate
Date1-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (17.2 x 11.4 x 18.4 cm)
Object number1989.008.096
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - April 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), 236, figure 532.
ProvenanceWith Guillermo (Bill) Salazar, Lima, Peru. Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, either gift from Paul Clifford (1915-2003), Decatur, Georgia, 1967 or purchased December 1970.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas