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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Pair of Earspools with Repoussé Bird Motifs
© 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

Pair of Earspools with Repoussé Bird Motifs

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimú
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1000-1450 CE
MediumSilver-copper alloy, cotton
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 3/4 x 2 in. (4.4 x 5.1 cm)
Object number1992.015.230A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 18, 1996 - October 16, 1996
Tears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 16, 1998 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - June 1, 2015
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, July 6, 2015 - 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), 205, figure 469ab.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Alan C. Lapiner (1933-1975) [Arts of the Four Quarters], New York, New York, 1969.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas