id: 119676 accession number: 1940.515 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.515 updated: 2023-08-23 19:59:53.097000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 600–400 B.C. creation date earliest: -600 creation date latest: -400 current location: creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 600-400 BC technique: embroidery on wool ground department: Textiles collection: T - Pre-Columbian type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 137.2 x 195.6 cm (54 x 77 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Pre-Columbian Peruvian Exhibition. Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI (June-July 1953). --- 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 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1940 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Extremely dry conditions on Peru's desert coast allow for the extraordinary preservation of textiles. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.515/1940.515_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.515/1940.515_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.515/1940.515_full.tif