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© Bruce M. White, 2015.
Flute in the Form of a Snail Shell with Geometric Motifs
© Bruce M. White, 2015.
© Bruce M. White, 2015.
© Bruce M. White, 2015.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Flute in the Form of a Snail Shell with Geometric Motifs

AAT Object Form/FunctionFlute (aerophones)
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureNariño
PeriodTuza Period
Date1250-1500 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 1/2 x 8 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 20.3 x 8.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.005
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 - March 13, 2019
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), 188, figure 439.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Kenneth Klassen, Bogota, Colombia, December 26, 1980.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas
Technical NotesX-ray radiography reveals that the interior structure of the ceramic flute corresponds to that of a mollusk or gastropod shell with two sound holes in the body whorl and smaller opening on the spire.