id:			129799
accession number:	1952.233
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.233
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:25.140000

Backrest of a Litter, 1185–1275 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability). Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú people, late Intermediate period. Mixed media:  wood, gold alloy, pigment, shell inlay; overall: 60.4 x 95 cm (23 3/4 x 37 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.233

title:				Backrest of a Litter
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creation date:			1185–1275 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)
creation date earliest:		1185
creation date latest:		1275
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú people, late Intermediate period
technique:	mixed media:  wood, gold alloy, pigment, shell inlay
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 60.4 x 95 cm (23 3/4 x 37 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* {'description': '<em>Ancient Arts of the Andes</em>, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (January 26- March 29, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-01-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23- April 3, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1996-02-23T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	John Wise, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Art and Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Archaeology</em> 6, no. 4 (1953)
	page number: 	p. 202
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/41663172

	Bennett, Wendell Clark. <em>Ancient Arts of the Andes. </em>New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954.
	page number: 	p. 120, fig. 137
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	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. 351
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n67

	Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress). <em>Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,</em> Harvard University. Cambridge: The Museum, 1937.
	page number: 	p. 68
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	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. 299
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n323

	Glubok, Shirley, Shirley Glubok, and Gerard Nook<em>. The Art of Ancient Peru.</em> New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1966.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art<em>. Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>1967.
	page number: 	p. 235
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	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. 299
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n323

	Howard, Cecil, and J. H. Parry. <em>Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru. </em>London: Cassell, 1970.
	page number: 	p. 76
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	Masada, Yoshio. <em>Ancient American Art</em> (Japan, Gakken Co. Ltd, 1973)
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	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. 403
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n423

	Scott, John F. <em>Latin American Art: Ancient to Modern</em>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 338
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	Bergh, Susan E. "Fragment of the Chimú Prisoner Textile" published on the occasion of <em>Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Ancient Andes</em>, July 30-November 14, 2021, Menil Collection (2021).
	page number: 	fig. 8
	url:		https://www.menil.org/read/online-features/enchanted/weaving-the-world/chimu-prisoner-textile

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