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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Flute

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureChimu

PeriodLate Intermediate

Date1000-1450 CE

MediumSilver alloy

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

Dimensions1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (1.3 x 14 cm)

Object number1992.015.266

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, May 11, 1993 - December 1995
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

ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Louis Slavitz (1907-1992), New York, New York, 1970.

Status

Not on view

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