Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a)

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.

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a)

Quechua

Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Accession Number

85136

Medium

Wool and cotton, complementary warp; warp fringe.

Dimensions

242.6 × 5.1 cm (95 1/2 × 2 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment