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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Miniature Table with Repoussé Stepped Motif
© 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

Miniature Table with Repoussé Stepped Motif

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChimú
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1000-1450 CE
MediumSilver alloy
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (4.8 x 7.9 x 7.7 cm)
Object number1994.018.057 FF
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 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 89.
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), 208, figure 476a.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from David Bernstein, New York, New York, 1984.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas