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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Qena (Notched Flute) with Circular Pyro-Engraved Motifs

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlutes (aerophones)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureNasca

PeriodEarly Intermediate

Date1-650 CE

MediumBone

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions5 3/8 x 5/8 in. (13.7 x 1.6 cm)

Object number1989.008.070

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

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased November 1981.

Status

On view

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