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

Pendant Chime

AAT Object Form/FunctionChimes (bells)
Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureTairona
Date1000-1550 CE
MediumSerpentinite
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 3/8 in. (6.4 x 31.1 x 0.9 cm)
Object number1990.011.034
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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 437.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Kenneth Klassen, Burnaby, British Columbia, August 9, 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas