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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Negative-Painted Secondary Burial Urn
© 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

Negative-Painted Secondary Burial Urn

Possible OriginColombia, South America
Possible OriginEcuador, South America
CultureCarachi-Narino or Piartal
Dateca. 750-1250 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions27 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (70.5 x 19.1 cm)
Object number1992.015.068
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 178, figure 417.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, ca. 1975-1985.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas