id:			119652
accession number:	1940.494
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.494
updated:		2020-11-04 19:56:44.989000

Painted Wrapping for Mummy, c.1100-1400 A.D.. Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, 12th-15th century. Plain cloth, painted; cotton; average: 63.5 x 360.5 cm (25 x 141 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.494

title:				Painted Wrapping for Mummy
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creation date:			c.1100-1400 A.D.
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1400
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, 12th-15th century
technique:	plain cloth, painted; cotton
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 63.5 x 360.5 cm (25 x 141 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Pre-Columbian Peruvian Exhibition. Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI (June-July 1953).

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PROVENANCE

	Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1940, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1940
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1940
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fun fact: 
Fine textiles were one of the most prestigious commodities in the ancient Andes.

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