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{
    "localId": "124740",
    "label": "Tunic",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "124740",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tunic",
    "description": "Brightly dyed wool yarns found in many ancient Peruvian textiles come mainly from alpacas that were domesticated and selectively bred to produce long, soft, lustrous fiber. The finely spun yarns in a broad range of colors as seen on this tunic—well preserved after approximately 2,000 years of burial—attest to the Paracas people’s considerable artistry. A double-headed bird motif appears multiple times throughout the tunic’s design.",
    "date": "c. 300 BCE–200 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.227",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60778853"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.227/1946.227_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.227/1946.227_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 94 x 83.8 cm (37 x 33 in.); Mounted: 111.8 x 101.6 cm (44 x 40 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style"
    ],
    "accession": "1946.227"
}

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    "tec": "Alpaca wool: plain weave with embroidery and warp substitution",
    "tombstone": "Tunic, c. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style. Alpaca wool: plain weave with embroidery and warp substitution; overall: 94 x 83.8 cm (37 x 33 in.); mounted: 111.8 x 101.6 cm (44 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1946.227",
    "collection": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "didYouKnow": "Fine textiles were one of the most prestigious commodities in the ancient Andes.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 341",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n66"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 297",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n321"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 297",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n321"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 401",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n421"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 8",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n23"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 332; Reproduced: P. 320-321"
        },
        {
            "citation": "“A Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8-33.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 26",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01/page/n25/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 28"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.227",
    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "galleryDonorText": "Jon A. Lindseth and Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Galleries of the Ancient Americas",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:26:04.506000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.227/1946.227_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 124740,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "med": "Alpaca wool: plain weave with embroidery and warp substitution",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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