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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Labret (Lip Plug)
© 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

Labret (Lip Plug)

Source of MaterialPachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
CultureAztec
PeriodLate Postclassic
Date1400-1521 CE
MediumObsidian (Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 1/16 x 5/8 in. (2.7 x 1.6 cm)
Object number1996.003.005
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 48, figure 91.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas