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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Blackware Urpu (Long-Necked Jar) with Zigzag Motif
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Blackware Urpu (Long-Necked Jar) with Zigzag Motif

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimu-Inka Interaction
PeriodLate Intermediate - Late Horizon
Date1438-1532 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions8 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (21.3 x 21.9 cm)
Object number1999.003.132
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 252, figure 564.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 238, figure 198.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas