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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Belt Rattles/Bells in the Form of Guarea

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureMoche

PeriodEarly Intermediate - Middle Horizon

Date1-650 CE

MediumGilded copper alloy

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

Dimensions3 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (8.9 x 16.2 x 3.2 cm)

Object number1992.015.302

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
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 27, 2022
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, August 1, 2022 - 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 461.

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, 1984.

Status

On view

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