© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

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

Dimensions7 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (18.9 x 6.9 x 8.2 cm)

Object number1990.011.009

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), 188, figure 440.

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

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