© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Staff Finial Representing a Feline

Possible OriginPeru, South America

CultureChimu/Inka or Colonial

PeriodLate Horizon

Date1476-1534 CE

MediumCopper-tin-zinc-lead alloy

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions15/16 x 1 3/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. (2.4 x 3.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm)

Object number1988.012.002

Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The HIgh Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
Seeing 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 - September 1996
Tears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996-October 16, 1998
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1971), plate XLVII.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased January 29, 1969.

Status

Not on view

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