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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Sewing Needles and Incised Container

(not assigned)South America

CultureChancay

PeriodLate Intermediate

Date1000-1470 CE

MediumSilver alloy

Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II

Dimensions1 x 4 15/16 in. (2.5 x 12.6 cm)

Object number1992.015.308A/C

Exhibition HistoryAndean Fiber Arts from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, May 11 - August 9, 1993
Andean Fiber Arts from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 13 - October 8, 1996
Desire and Consumption: The New World in the Age of Shakespeare, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 9, 2017

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

Not on view

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