2020.011.092

Object Title
Feline Vessel Support
Measurements
7.6 × 5.1 × 4.8 cm
Creation Date
100-800
Credit Line
Gift of Nicholas J. Pisaris
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/40077/feline--effigy-vessel-support?ctx=cb2b8efd9a08cd9a19d8e50f13e5bfbd55af6b20&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Mark Hampton, United States. Ex coll. Nicholas Pisaris, United States, bequest from Hampton.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this. object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Donor was living and working in Venezuela in the 1960s and 1970s. We have receipts and documentation that support he was collecting in good faith, but we are unable to match the documents to specific objects.

2020.011.045

Object Title
Seated Male Effigy Figure
Measurements
31.8 × 21.6 × 17.1 cm
Creation Date
300 BCE - 600 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Nicholas J. Pisaris
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/40032/seated-male-effigy-figure-with-crocodile-headdress?ctx=6f022e49c152c3b40c571405465c639ec5d32a42&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Nicholas Pisaris, Venezuela and United States, collected ca. 1968-1975.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Donor was living and working in Venezuela in the 1960s and 1970s. We have receipts and documentation that support he was collecting in good faith, but we are unable to match the documents to specific objects.

2008.070.004

Object Title
Five-legged Bowl
Measurements
5 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. (14.5 x 8.5 x 11.8 cm)
Creation Date
AD 100-300
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, Ph.D., 1951
Country of Origin
Object URL
http://emuseum.cornell.edu/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:42521
Provenance Information
c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)
Exhibition Information
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008
Publication Information
Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 55, color illus. p. 55, cat. no. 38.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

48.2846

Object Title
Head
Measurements
H: 3 3/4 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 2 1/2 in. (9.5 x 7.3 x 6.4 cm)
Creation Date
400 BC-AD 500
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, 2009
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=79395
Provenance Information
Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Andy and Von Long, Denver, Colorado, between the 1960s and 1980s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1989 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibition Information
No known exhibitions.
Publication Information
No known publications.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.
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