The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Mantle

c. 600–400 B.C.

Peru, South Coast, Paracas

Embroidery on wool ground

Average: 137.2 x 195.6 cm (54 x 77 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1940.515

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Extremely dry conditions on Peru's desert coast allow for the extraordinary preservation of textiles.

Provenance

?-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

Exhibition history

Pre-Columbian Peruvian Exhibition. Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI (June-July 1953).

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