Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) by Chimú
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Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Chimú · 1100–1470

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Everett D. Rassiga (1922-2003), New York, by 1963 [incoming receipt, RX4446, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, <em>The Gold of Ancient America</em>, Dec. 5, 1968–Jan. 12, 1969, cat. 23; <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/6080/gold-of-ancient-america">Art Institute of Chicago</a>, Feb. 1–Mar. 9, 1969; Virginia Museum, Mar. 24–Apr. 20, 1969.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/7966/the-ancient-americas-art-from-sacred-landscapes"><em>The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes</em></a>, Oct. 10, 1992–Jan. 3, 1993, cat. 46; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 4–April 18, 1993; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 6–Aug. 15, 1993.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/8880/chicago-s-dream-a-world-s-treasure-the-art-institute-1893-1993"><em>Chicago’s Dream, A World’s Treasure: the Art Institute, 1893-1993</em></a>, Nov. 1, 1993–Jan. 9, 1994, cat.

Literature

Published references

  • "Acquisitions of Works of Art by Museums and Galleries: Supplement," <em>Burlington Magazine</em> 106, no. 740 (Nov. 1964): 539, pl. 74 (ill.).
  • Allen Wardwell, <em>Primitive Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), cover, n.p. (ill.).
  • Allen Wardwell, <em>The Gold of Ancient America</em>, exh. cat. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Virginia Museum, 1968), 36-37, cat. 23 (ill.), <a href="https://archive.org/details/goldofancientame00ward">https://archive.org/details/goldofancientame00ward</a>.
  • Richard Townsend, ed., <em>The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), 376, cat. 46.
  • James N. Wood, <em>The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1993), 14 (ill.).
  • James N. Wood, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 3 (ill.).
  • James N. Wood, <em>The Essential Guide</em>, revised ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), 14 (ill.).
  • James Cuno, <em>The Essential Guide</em>, 3rd ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 19 (ill.).
  • Richard Townsend and Kathleen Bickford Berzock, “The Art Institute of Chicago New Galleries,” in Tribal Arts XVI-1/62 (Winter 2011), p. 65, figure 14 (ill.).
  • Douglas Druick, <em>The Essential Guide</em>, 4th ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), 19 (ill.).
  • Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 340-341, cat. 306 (ill.).

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