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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
© 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

Lime Dipper with Hummingbird

AAT Object Form/FunctionDippers (serving utensils)
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimú
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1000-1450 CE
MediumCopper
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in. (8.2 x 3.4 x 0.6 cm)
Object number1989.008.036
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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 - 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), 215, figure 480.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased January 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas