id:			169523
accession number:	2011.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.35
updated:		2022-02-16 10:00:41.064000

Bag with Human Face, 600-1000. Andes, Wari, Middle Horizon, 6th-10th century. Alpaca or llama hide, human hair, pigment, cotton; coca leaf contents; overall: 26.7 x 23.2 cm (10 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); bag: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2011.35

title:				Bag with Human Face
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creation date:			600-1000
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		1000
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Andes, Wari, Middle Horizon, 6th-10th century
technique:	alpaca or llama hide, human hair, pigment, cotton; coca leaf contents
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Mixed Media
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measurements: Overall: 26.7 x 23.2 cm (10 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); Bag: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes
	opening date:   2012-10-28T00:00:00
	<i>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 28, 2012-January 6, 2013); Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art (February 10-May 19, 2013); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (June 16-September 8, 2013).

	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

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
This remarkable bag was used to carry coca leaves.

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wall description: 
The face on this remarkable bag is decorated with geometric designs that also appear on Wari warrior representations; the circles on the panel beneath the face may refer to an elite tunic made of tie-dyed cloth. The bag was used to carry coca leaves, which in the past and today have important practical and religious purposes in the Andes. Chewing the leaves during physical exertion improves stamina; when used ritually, the leaves initiate communion with cosmic forces.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. <em>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.</em> [New York]: Thames &amp; Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 277, cat. 157; Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 18; cover
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IMAGES

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