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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 Norweb Collection 1951.393

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In Inca times, only the ruler and select nobles had the privilege of wearing t'oqapu tunics.

Description

The "t'oqapu" waistband and the deep V-yoke were standard decorations of Inca tunics. However, the fantastic animals represented in the yoke and the floral motifs in the main field identify this tunic as dating after the Spanish Conquest in 1532.

Provenance

?-1951

Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1951

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 350 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 299 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 299 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 403 archive.org

Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 60

Exhibition history

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.

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

Latin America, Then and Now. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (September 16-October 4, 1959).

Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).

Andean Gallery 107 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2002-January 26, 2004).

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Peru, South Coast, Inca Culture, Colonial Period, 16th century

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