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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Vessel with Spondylus Shell-Woman

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlasks (bottles)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureChimú

PeriodLate Intermediate

Date1000-1450 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions19 x 12.7 x 21.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5 x 8 1/2 in.)

Object number1989.008.033

Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995), 175, figure 144.
Rebecca 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), 244, figure 554.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (New York: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 186, figure 159.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Frederick R. Mayer (1928-2007), Denver, Colorado, October 1971.

Status

On view

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