The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Alpaca Offering Container (Canopa)
1400–1532
Location: 232 Andean
Did You Know?
This stone llama was an offering buried to ensure health and fertility for domestic animals.Description
An unknown substance was placed in the back cavity of this alpaca before it was buried as an offering.- ?-1951Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1951The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.178