Object Title
Headrest Amulet
Measurements
3 x 2.1 cm
Creation Date
1292-1077 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/25173/headrest-amulet?ctx=764bd89012ebc3aa8e394f51b7055dca723945fb&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Germany and Switzerland, acquired from Merrin Gallery, New York, New York, 1990s. Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, purchased from Christie's London, April 20, 2005, lot 227.
Exhibition Information
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 26, 2015 - Present
Publication Information
Jane Biers, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI: A Peaceable Kingdom (Mainz: von Zabern, 2004), number 24.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Partial interest received prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Conversations about gift began before 2008.