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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Spirals
© 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

Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Spirals

Place CreatedEcuador, South America
MediumBronze (copper-arsenic) alloy
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (9.5 x 4.1 cm)
Object number1991.002.117
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), 216-17, figure 492.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased ca. 1968-1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas