id:			119676
accession number:	1940.515
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.515
updated:		2023-01-10 21:21:13.185000

Mantle, c. 600–400 B.C.. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 600-400 BC. Embroidery on wool ground; average: 137.2 x 195.6 cm (54 x 77 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.515

title:				Mantle
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creation date:			c. 600–400 B.C.
creation date earliest:		-600
creation date latest:		-400
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 600-400 BC
technique:	embroidery on wool ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 137.2 x 195.6 cm (54 x 77 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:
Extremely dry conditions on Peru's desert coast allow for the extraordinary preservation of textiles.

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