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Painted Wrapping for Mummy
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About this work
Fine textiles were one of the most prestigious commodities in the ancient Andes.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePainted Wrapping for Mummy, c.1100–1400 A.D.. Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, 12th-15th century. Plain cloth, painted; cotton; average: 63.5 x 360.5 cm (25 x 141 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1940.494