id:			119690
accession number:	1940.528
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.528
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:41.917000

Fragment of Embroidered Cloth, c. 300–100 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Late Period. Embroidery on plain wool ground; average: 100.3 x 139.1 cm (39 1/2 x 54 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.528

title:				Fragment of Embroidered Cloth
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creation date:			c. 300–100 BCE
creation date earliest:		-300
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Late Period
technique:	embroidery on plain wool ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 100.3 x 139.1 cm (39 1/2 x 54 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

	title:		Treasures of Peruvian Gold
	opening date:   1966-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 342
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n66

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 297
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n321

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 297
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n321

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 401
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n421

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n23

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IMAGES

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