Mantle
c. 300 BC-AD 200
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Mantle, c. 300 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Cavernas Style, 3rd-2nd Century BC. Plain weave with embroidery; camelid fiber; overall: 154.9 x 292.1 cm (61 x 115 in.); mounted: 162.6 x 299.7 cm (64 x 118 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1946.226 The profusion and decoration of textiles in Paracas burials shows the value placed on cloth.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with embroidery; camelid fiber
- Medium
- plain, weave, embroidery, camelid, fiber
- Dimensions
- Overall: 154.9 x 292.1 cm (61 x 115 in.); Mounted: 162.6 x 299.7 cm (64 x 118 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1946.226
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation, Gallery 232-Andean Textile Rotation, <em>The John Wise Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art</em>. The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (March 3, 1937-).<br><em>Ancient Peruvian Textiles.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 5, 1941-April 6, 1941).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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