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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Paccha (Ritual Watering Vessel)

AAT Object Form/FunctionPacchas
Place CreatedPeru, South America
Date1440–1540 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions14 9/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (37 x 15 x 12 cm)
Object number1989.008.161
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM 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 - March
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present 13, 2019
Published ReferencesPeri Marka Klemm, "The Paccha Performed: An Exploration of the Ritual Use of an Inca Ceramic Vessel from the Michael C. Carlos Museum" (MA thesis, Emory University, 1992).
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995), 215, figure 180.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 90.
Karen M. O'Day, "A Study of Painted Pottery from Sitio Conte Cemetery, Panama" (PhD diss., Emory University, 2002), figure 62.
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), 254-58, figure 567.
William Fash and Mary E. Lyons, The Ancient American World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), 153.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 83.
Rebecca Stone, Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. 3rd Edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 239, figure 199.
MCCM Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2013.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1977.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas