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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Lime Dipper with Long-Beaked Bird
© 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

Lime Dipper with Long-Beaked Bird

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimú
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1000-1450 CE
MediumSilver alloy
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 x 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm)
Object number1989.008.035
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), 215, figure 481.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased January 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas