Band Fragment

Textiles

A.D. 800/1100

Possibly provincial Wari
Probably central or south coast, Peru

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Wari
Title: Band Fragment
Origin: Peru
Date: Made 800 CE–1100
Dimensions: 38.1 × 3.8 cm (15 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.1612
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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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