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Collection Online as of December 26, 2025

Carved Board

1400s-1500s

Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, 15th-16th century

wood
Overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1950.411
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1950
    Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1950, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1950
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
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