Provenance Information

With Andreas Moraga, Berkeley, Calif.; sold to Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, Ontario, by 2002 (inv. no. M2083EE); sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, 2002 (R-L inv. no. P0102 1); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2018

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Sotheby’s France, Paris, Collection Barbier-Mueller Art Précolombien, sale cat. (March 22–23, 2013), 206, lot 296, Paris sale, this object is almost the exact replica of what we were given, colors are alternate design only.

“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Collection of Alan Lapiner (d. 1976); Laurence C. Witten II, until 1995, and then to the Cora Williams Witten Unitrust from 1995 through 1996; [Sotheby’s, New York, November 26, 1996, lot 38]; Blake Perlingieri, WA, until 2000 [Spencer Throckmorton, New York]; Collection of Lucille and Martin E. Kantor (d. 2013), New York, 2000-2018. Promised Gift from Lucille and Martin E. Kantor to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000; Gift from Lucille Kantor to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.

Exhibition Information

On loan to and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in the exhibition Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru, November 3, 2000 – April 22, 2001.

Publication Information

Sotheby's. Precolumbian Art. New York, November 25, 1996, no. 38.

King, Heidi, Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, and Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech. Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru. New York, New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000, no. 57.

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

According to the 1996 Sotheby’s catalogue, the Ear Ornaments come from the collection of Alan Lapiner, a scholar of ancient Peruvian art active in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. The Ear Ornaments were promised as a gift to the Museum by Lucille and Martin E. Kantor in 2000.

Provenance Information

About 1960s, moved with a private collection from Bolivia to Houston, TX [see note]; mid-1970s, sold from this private collection to Dr. Edward Heyne, Houston; May 14, 1991, anonymous (Heyne) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 12, to a private collection, Florida; May 15, 2015, anonymous (private Florida collection) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 5, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)

NOTE:
According to information provided by Sotheby’s auction house, Dr. Heyne purchased the piece in the mid-1970s from a patient who had moved from Bolivia to Houston sometime in the 1960s, bringing her art collection with her.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to the auction house that sold this vessel, it came from the private collection of a Bolivian woman, who brought her collection to the U.S. when she moved to Houston in the 1960s.

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

None.

Publication Information

None.

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.

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. 130, color illus. p. 130, cat. no. 220.

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.

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. 119, color illus. p. 119, cat. no. 196.

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.

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

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)

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. 122, color illus. p. 122, cat. no. 199.

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.

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. 111, color illus. p. 111, cat. no. 182.

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.

Provenance Information

About 1960s, moved with a private collection from Bolivia to Houston, TX [see note]; mid-1970s, sold from this private collection to Dr. Edward Heyne, Houston; May 14, 1991, anonymous (Heyne) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 12, to a private collection, Florida; May 15, 2015, anonymous (private Florida collection) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 5, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)

NOTE:
According to information provided by Sotheby’s auction house, Dr. Heyne purchased the piece in the mid-1970s from a patient who had moved from Bolivia to Houston sometime in the 1960s, bringing her art collection with her.

Exhibition Information

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1983-1987 (unverified).

Publication Information

None known.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The information provided by the auction house is that this jar came from the private collection of a Bolivian woman, who brought her collection to the U.S. when she moved to Houston in the 1960s.

Provenance Information

Sold from a private collection, Argentina, to the Galerie Alain Schoffel, Paris; November 26, 1973, sold by Alain Schoffel to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)

Exhibition Information

No known exhibition history.

Publication Information

No known publication history.

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

This funerary head was outside its country of origin by 1973, and possibly earlier. Attempts to trace its provenance further have been unsuccessful.