Provenance
Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham, SC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1955.
Accession Number
85405
Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with band of complementary patterning weft
Dimensions
a: 43.5 × 25.7 cm (17 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); b: 40.3 × 25.4 cm (15 7/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
