The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Painted Wrapping for Mummy

c.1100–1400 A.D.

Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, 12th-15th century

plain cloth, painted; cotton
Average: 63.5 x 360.5 cm (25 x 141 15/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1940.494
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Fine textiles were one of the most prestigious commodities in the ancient Andes.
  • ?-1940
    Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1940, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Pre-Columbian Peruvian Exhibition. Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI (June-July 1953).
  • {{cite web|title=Painted Wrapping for Mummy|url=false|author=|year=c.1100–1400 A.D.|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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