The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Permanent Collection

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September 2008


	Works of Art

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		Daily Artwork Archive

Every day, a different object from the Met's collection is featured on the splash page of this website, together with an outtake from our curatorial files about that object's history, creator, iconography, materials, or other interesting attributes.

Fascinating facts about featured artworks are gathered in this archive, by date of appearance on the site. For more in-depth information about these and thousands of other objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, visit the online Collection Database.




	Sleeveless Tunic, 7th-9th century Nasca-Wari, south coast of Peru Camelid hair; 21 1/2 x 43 1/4 in. (54.6 x 109.9 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1929 (29.146.23)

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		Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940)

		Charles R. Knight (American, 1874-1953)

		Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988)

		George H. Bogert (American, 1864-1944)

		Sleeveless Tunic, 7th-9th century

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