2024 Exhibition: Origin Stories

October 7, 2025
Peruvian, Moche Style ceramic bust in shades of brown
Image Credit: Seated Moche Figure with Stirrup Spout Handle, Peru, Moche stye Ceramic, Speed Art Museum, Louisville: Object 1934.6.18

Origin Stories | Cressman Center

July 2-August 9, 2024

Origin Stories is an exhibition of Peruvian pre-Columbian work from the archives of the Speed Art Museum curated by Dani Deeley. On view for the first time in nearly forty years, the objects in this exhibition provoke questions about the acquisition of objects, the circumstances of their arrival, and their current condition.

Image: Seated Moche Figure with Stirrup Spout Handle, Peru, Moche stye Ceramic, Speed Art Museum, Louisville: Object 1934.6.18

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