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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Small Drum with Incised Step-Fret Patterns
© 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

Small Drum with Incised Step-Fret Patterns

AAT Object Form/FunctionDrums (membranophones)
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureNariño
PeriodTuza Period
Date1250-1500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 x 4 x 4 5/16 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 10.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.018
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 - 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), 187, figure 436.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Kenneth Klassen, Burnaby, British Columbia, August 9, 1981.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas