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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spear Thrower with Moveable Bird Head

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureMoche

PeriodEarly Intermediate - Middle Horizon

Date1-650 CE

MediumGold-copper alloy, copper

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

Dimensions2 5/8 x 9/16 in. (6.7 x 1.4 cm)

Object number1992.015.319

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - April 1996
Tears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998
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 - 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), 199, figure 460.

ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, New York, ca. 1960-1985.

Status

On view

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