The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Mantle

Mantle

c. 600–400 BCE
embroidery on wool ground
Average: 137.2 x 195.6 cm (54 x 77 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1940.515
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Extremely dry conditions on Peru's desert coast allow for the extraordinary preservation of textiles.
  • ?-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=Mantle|url=false|author=|year=c. 600–400 BCE|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.515