Tunic
c. 300 BC-AD 200
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Tunic, c. 300 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Cavernas Style, 3rd-2nd Century BC. Plain weave with embroidery, plain weave with warp substitution; camelid fiber; overall: 94 x 83.8 cm (37 x 33 in.); mounted: 111.8 x 101.6 cm (44 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1946.227 Fine textiles were one of the most prestigious commodities in the ancient Andes.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with embroidery, plain weave with warp substitution; camelid fiber
- Medium
- plain, weave, embroidery, warp, substitution, camelid, fiber
- Dimensions
- Overall: 94 x 83.8 cm (37 x 33 in.); Mounted: 111.8 x 101.6 cm (44 x 40 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1946.227
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, The Andean Tunic: 200 BCE - 1650 CE, Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation, Gallery 232-Andean Textile Rotation, <em>Ancient Peruvian Textiles.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 5, 1941-April 6, 1941).<br><em>Ancient Arts of the Andes.</em> The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (January 26, 1954-March 26, 1954).<br><em>Treasures of Peruvian Gold.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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