id:			126684
accession number:	1949.12
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.12
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:11.519000

Tunic with Profile Animal and Human Heads, c. 700–1100. Peru, South Coast, Wari Culture, Middle Horizon, 8th-12th Century. Tapestry weave: wool; average: 97.8 x 99.1 cm (38 1/2 x 39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1949.12

title:				Tunic with Profile Animal and Human Heads
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creation date:			c. 700–1100
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		1100
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creditline:			Gift of John Wise
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Wari Culture, Middle Horizon, 8th-12th Century
technique:	tapestry weave: wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 97.8 x 99.1 cm (38 1/2 x 39 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).

	title:		Andean Gallery 107 Rotation
	opening date:   2002-11-21T05:00:00
	<i>Andean Gallery 107 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2002-January 26, 2004).

	title:		Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2015-08-05T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 5, 2015-August 29, 2016).

	title:		Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2020-11-14T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2020-August 19, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Art, A Means to World Understanding</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 17-April 10 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-04-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving</em>, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 25, 1951-January 27, 1952); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest</em>, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, (January 10-February 1,1953).', 'opening_date': '2010-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-02-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 107 Andean Textile Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2002-11-20T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, Fla.), and Gordon F. Ekholm. Pre-Columbian Art, the Native Art of America Before the Conquest: Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1953. Palm Beach: Society of the Four Arts, 1952.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 4
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	Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
	page number: 	p. 58, Cat. No. 166; plate XXIII, p. 85
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