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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Set of Scales on Beam

AAT Object Form/FunctionBalances (scales)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureChimu

PeriodLate Intermediate

Date1150-1450 CE

MediumWood, cotton

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm)

Object number1989.008.144 A/B

Exhibition HistoryAndean Fiber Arts from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, May 11 - August 9, 1993
Andean Fiber Arts from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 13 - October 8, 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation 5, February 16 - August 17, 2015
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation 8, September 12, 2016 - February 1, 2017
Published ReferencesDeidre M. Thompson, "An Aesthetically Functional Set of Ancient Andean Fiberwork Scales at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta," Ars Textrina 21 (1994): 85-106.
Rebecca 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), 260, figure 575ab.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1985, possibly from Alan Rosen, Orlando, Florida.

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