id:			164421
accession number:	2005.5.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.5.2
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:59.030000

Loincloth, 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots; overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.2

title:				Loincloth
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creation date:			1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability)
creation date earliest:		1425
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s
technique:	cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2014-08-27T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2014-July 27, 2015).

	title:		Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation)
	opening date:   2022-12-09T05:00:00
	<i>Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 9, 2022-December 3, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Ancient Americas- Art From Sacred Landscapes</em>, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (October 10, 1992- January 3, 1993); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (February- April 18, 1993); The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (June 6- August 15, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-06-06T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Rowe, Ann Pollard, and John P. O'Neill. <em>Costumes &amp; featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: textiles from Peru's north coast</em>. 1984.
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	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	p. 48 & 116
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