ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Earspool with Spider Motif
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureMoche
PeriodEarly Intermediate
Date1-650 CE
MediumGilded copper alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (3.8 x 5.6 cm)
Object number1992.015.274 B
Exhibition HistoryTears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - June 19, 2017
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 2018 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 199, figure 462b.
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/16.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Alan Lapiner [Arts of the Four Quarters] (1933-1975), New York, New York, 1970.
Status
On viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
1-650 CE
1000-1450 CE
1000-1450 CE
16th Century CE or later
ca. 1-650 CE
1-650 CE