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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.

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Chancay

1000-1476

Accession Number

85438

Medium

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave

Dimensions

a: 26 × 50.8 cm (10 1/4 × 20 in.); b: 25.4 × 51.1 cm (10 × 20 1/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment