Band

Textiles

A.D. 800/900

Nazca
Probably south coast, Peru

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Culture: Nazca
Title: Band
Origin: Peru
Date: Made 800 CE–900 CE
Medium: Wool (camelid), tubular three- and five-color complementary warp and three-color complementary weft plain weave, double cloth; braided warp cut fringe
Dimensions: 453 × 4.5 cm (178 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.1588

Art Institute of Chicago, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, October 28, 1992-January 17, 1993.

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham S.C. 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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