2020.011.085

Object Title
Male Head Fragment
Measurements
18.4 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm
Creation Date
400-800
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/40072/human-male-effigy-head-fragment?ctx=1c2c14e8e675dd6cefb4bad25a798ff2d0bc3f17&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.

2020.011.078

Object Title
Human Head Fragment
Measurements
17.8 × 16.5 × 8.3 cm
Creation Date
400-800
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/40065/human-effigy-head-fragment?ctx=19fb8196105abf9e2f82f9ed442f3e94691161f6&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.

2020.011.075

Object Title
Amulet
Measurements
12.7 × 10.2 × 5.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 550-950
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/40062/abstract-effigy-amulet?ctx=cc251a9050bdff7a30738188e4a3d0284638bdb2&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.

2020.011.016

Object Title
Human Head Effigy Fragment
Measurements
15.2 x 14.6 x 9.5 cm
Creation Date
600-900
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/40007/human-head-effigy-fragment?ctx=9311117a65720aa91d8d8fc8b7c5e66be14cdc51&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.

2020.011.015

Object Title
Human Head Effigy Fragment
Measurements
15.9 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm
Creation Date
600-900 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/40006/human-head-effigy-fragment?ctx=fe8ca79887d51d033d837e34a13d59460044790e&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.

2017.14.31

Object Title
Bowl with Aquatic Animals
Measurements
7.62 × 13.34 cm (3 × 5 1/4 in.)
Creation Date
A.D. 800–1500
Credit Line
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
Museum Contact
artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/196896
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
N/A
Provenance Information
David Howell Bramhall (d. 2012), New York, sold to Peter David Joralemon,1980s; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
Hasso Von Winning, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968), 208, no. 279/280.;Maria Luisa Sabau Garcia, Mexico en el Mundo de las Colecciones de Arte: Mesoamerica, 1 (Mexico City, DF: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994), 237, ill.;Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
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

2019.1991

Object Title
Quadruple duct flute
Measurements
18.5 x 27 x 29 cm
Creation Date
AD 550–950
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Dennis Carr
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/624629/quadruple-duct-flute
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Before 1550
Provenance Information
About 1973, sold by Edward S. Merrin Gallery, New York, to Sherman Sackheim (b. 1921 – d. 2001) and Paula S. Sackheim (b. 1930 – d. 1982), Larchmont, NY [see note 1]; passed to their estate [see note 2]; by 2015, sold by the family of Sherman and Paula Sackheim to Anthropos Gallery, Los Angeles; 2015, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTES:
[1] Undated shorthand notes on Merrin Gallery letterhead, provided by the Sackheims, describe the flute and give a sale price. A teller’s check shows that payment was made for this object, at least in part, in 1973. [2] The estate of Paula S. Sackheim first lent the flute to EPCOT Center in 1984; it remained on loan there until about 2008.
Exhibition Information
EPCOT Center, Florida, beginning in 1984 and continuing until around 2008.
Publication Information
None known.
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
It is reasonable to infer that this flute was on the market by 1972, since at least partial payment was made for it in the following year, and that it was therefore outside of Mexico by the date of that country’s 1972 Federal Act on Monuments and Archaeological, Artistic and Historic Zones.

The gift was initially accepted with the belief that it was sold to the Sackheims around 1969 – 1971, and only later was the 1973 sale date discovered.

The flute has been exhibited publicly for years.

2014.990

Object Title
Standing Warrior Figure with Removable Mask and Headdress
Measurements
31.4 x 25.7 x 11.3 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.) [with headdress; h. 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.) without headdress]
Creation Date
A.D. 700/1000
Credit Line
Bequest of Lester K. and Rosalyn W. Olin
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/224586
Provenance Information
Robert and Marianne Huber, Huber Primitive Arts (Dixon, Ill.), by 1968 [correspondence in curatorial file]; sold to Lester (died 1992) and Rosalyn Olin (died 2013), Chicago, Ill., by 1968; by bequest to the Art Institute, 2014.
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
None
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
Lester and Rosalyn Olin purchased at least nine objects, including this piece, from Robert + Marianne Huber Fine Arts (Huber Primitive Art). The purchases were made over the course of several years ending in 1968, according to Marianne Huber, the gallery owner. Although Mrs. Huber was unable to locate contemporaneous records of the purchases, she stated in an email to the curator that she recalled selling the objects to Lester Olin before 1967, when she and her family left for an extended trip around the world, and in 1968, after their return in April of that year. The acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it demonstrates that in Veracruz, as elsewhere in ancient Mexico, tomb figures testified as to the rank and status of the deceased. In this case, an accomplished warrior is represented complete with armor and headdress.

TL.2009.20.139

Object Title
Man-Bird Effigy Ocarina
Measurements
H: 7 15/16 x W: 6 15/16 x D: 5 5/8 in. (20.2 x 17.6 x 14.3 cm)
Creation Date
AD 600-900
Credit Line
Gift of John G. Bourne, 2013
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/80294
Provenance Information
Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
Exhibition Information
Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.
Publication Information
Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The
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 promised gift began in April 2005.

TL.2009.20.137

Object Title
Zoomorphic Effigy Tubular Duct Flute
Measurements
L: 11 5/8 x W: 7 7/16 x D: 1 9/16 in. (29.5 x 18.9 x 4 cm)
Creation Date
AD 600-900
Credit Line
Gift of John G. Bourne, 2013
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/80292
Provenance Information
Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, November 1, 1994, by purchase; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
Exhibition Information
Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.
Publication Information
Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.
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 promised gift began in April 2005.
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