id:			134604
accession number:	1957.136
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.136
updated:		2022-01-04 15:58:12.674000

Tunic, c. 1400-1540. Peru, Inca, 15th-16th century. Tapestry; cotton and camelid fiber; average: 85.1 x 76.2 cm (33 1/2 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William R. Carlisle 1957.136

title:				Tunic
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creation date:			c. 1400-1540
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1540
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creditline:			Gift of William R. Carlisle
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culture:	Peru, Inca, 15th-16th century
technique:	tapestry; cotton and camelid fiber
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 85.1 x 76.2 cm (33 1/2 x 30 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	John Wise.
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wall description: 
Finely woven interlocked tapestry garments were a privilege of the nobility within the Inca Empire. Such garments were made throughout the vast Inca territory by women of noble families, by professional weavers, and by the Aclla (Chosen Women). These specialists lived in cloistered communities and served the state by brewing beer and weaving fine cloth. The products of their labor were redistributed by the Inca state as prized gifts to loyal vassals and allies. The standardized decorative scheme of this tunic, known as the Inca Key, is one of the most common Inca tunic patterns.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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

	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

	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

	Schreffler, Michael J.<em> Cuzco: Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City</em>. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 29, fig. 1.6
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