Band

Textiles

A.D. 1250/1470

Chimú
Probably north coast, Peru

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Chimú
Title: Band
Place: Peru (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1250–1470
Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; wool (camelid), tassels: wrapped and embroidered in chain stitches
Dimensions: 184.2 × 7.6 cm (72 1/2 × 3 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.1640
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Ann Pollard Rowe, Costumes and Featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: Textiles from Peru’s North Coast, exh. cat. (The Textile Museum, 1984), p. 72 and fig. 46.

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Magic of Fibers, April 5-May 3, 1970
Washington D.C., The Textile Museum, Costumes and Featherwork of the Lords of Chimor, February 3-May 20, 1984
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, Oct. 28, 1992-Jan. 17, 1993.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, Octobwe 19, 2001- January 17,2002
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, April 29- August 24,2004

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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