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Source Description
Whether a deity, ancestral mummy, or masked human, this figure signals power. The divided eyes and fangs are traits of supernatural beings. The hands are cupped around holes that once perhaps held staffs, symbols of human and divine authority. And the litter was a mode of travel reserved for those of high station; the knobs refer to poles that rested on the shoulders of human bearers.
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Document identity
localId
159722
label
Figure in a Litter
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
159722
contentType
object
title
Figure in a Litter
description
Whether a deity, ancestral mummy, or masked human, this figure signals power. The divided eyes and fangs are traits of supernatural beings. The hands are cupped around holes that once perhaps held staffs, symbols of human and divine authority. And the litter was a mode of travel reserved for those of high station; the knobs refer to poles that rested on the shoulders of human bearers.
date
500–900 (Thermoluminescence date, 590–1090)
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740064
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.3 x 21.6 x 24.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
cul
Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2
accession
1997.1
Source extras
tec
earthenware with colored slips
tombstone
Figure in a Litter, 500–900 (Thermoluminescence date, 590–1090). Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 26.3 x 21.6 x 24.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.1
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Spielvogel, Rosaling Brueck. <em>War: A Study in Tiahuanaco Style</em>. vol. 1. (New Haven, CT: Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Yale University, 1951.)
citation
Sawyer, Alan R. <em>Mastercraftsmen of Ancient Peru</em>. [New York]: [Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation], 1968.
page_number
cat. no. 500
citation
Lavalle, José Antonio de, and Werner Lang. <em>Culturas precolombinas: Huari : Colección Arte y tresoros del Peru.</em> Lima: Banco de Crédito del Peru en la Cultura, 1984.
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Neoclassical Marble, Rare Korean Sculpture, Other Recent CMA Acquisitions Now on View,” April 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
citation
<em>Annual Report, 1997.</em> (Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998).
page_number
pp. 31, 43
citation
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradle<em>y. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
pp. 100, 220
citation
Young-Sánchez, Margaret. <em>Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca.</em> Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, 2004.
page_number
cat. no. 6.3, p.155
citation
"On and Off the Wall." <em>The Denver Art Museum Members Magazine</em> (September/October, 2004).
page_number
cover
citation
Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. <em>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.</em> [New York]: Thames & Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 269, cat.35; Reproduced: p. 34, fig. 20
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:17:03.661000
sourceId
159722
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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earthenware with colored slips
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1
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0
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photo
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b3310a300067a348