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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Pair of Triangular Earspools
© 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

Pair of Triangular Earspools

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Form/Functionearspools
Place CreatedNorth America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic
Dateca. 550 CE
MediumJadeite with quartz
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions15/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. (2.4 x 2.2 x 1 cm)
Object number1990.011.093 A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 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), 26, figure 27ab.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1975.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas