The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 28, 2021

Woman with Water Jar

400-1000

Peru, Mochica, 5th-10th Century

Bronze

Overall: 4.2 x 3 x 3.6 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1951.161

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This tiny, cast female carries a water jar using a tumpline over her forehead

Provenance
?-1951
Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
Citations
Kelemen, Pal. "Aesthetic Appeal in Archaeological and Ethnological Museums". Museum VI, no.1 (UNESCO, Paris, 1953). pl. 22, p. 25
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.161