Half Tunic
16th century
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Half Tunic, 16th century. Peru, South Coast, Inca Culture, Colonial Period, 16th century. Interlocked tapestry; cotton and wool; overall: 92.7 x 72.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.393 In Inca times, only the ruler and select nobles had the privilege of wearing t'oqapu tunics.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- interlocked tapestry; cotton and wool
- Medium
- interlocked, tapestry, cotton, wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 92.7 x 72.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1951.393
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Andean Gallery 107 Rotation, 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 5, 1951-January 27, 1952); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27- March 25, 1952). cat. no. 178. <br>Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest. The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (January 10-February 1,1953). Cat. no. 118, no <br>Latin America, Then and Now. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (September 16-October 4, 1959).<br>Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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