Band

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.

Band

Wari

800 CE-1100

Accession Number

85049

Medium

Cotton and wool (camelid), tapestry weave with supplementary weft slit closure; edged with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitches

Dimensions

47 × 8.6 cm (18 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment