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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ear Rod
© 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

Ear Rod

Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureTairona
Date1000-1550 CE
MediumGold-copper alloy, wood
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions5/8 x 3/4 in. (1.6 x 1.9 cm)
Object number1992.015.057
Exhibition HistoryTears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998
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 - August 16, 2021
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 14, 2022 - April 5, 2024
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), 189, figure 446.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Spencer Throckmorton [Fine Arts of Ancient Lands], New York, New York, ca. 1980-1985.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas