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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Crescent Top
© 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

Tupu (Woman's Mantle Pin) with Crescent Top

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureInka
PeriodLate Intermediate - Late Horizon
Date1440-1532 CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions4 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (12.1 x 5.4 cm)
Object number1992.015.002
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 - 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), 216-17, figure 490.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Spencer Throckmorton [Fine Arts of Ancient Lands], New York, New York, ca. 1980-1985.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas