Fragment from a Ceremonial Jar Representing a Llama

Arts of the Americas

A.D. 700/800

Tiwanaku-Wari
South coast Peru or northern Bolivia

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Culture: Tiwanaku
Title: Fragment from a Ceremonial Jar Representing a Llama
Origin: Peru
Date: 700 CE–800 CE
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: On mount: 16 × 10.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2195

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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