Vessel Fragment in the Form of a Feline Head

Arts of the Americas

A.D. 600/1000

Tiwanaku
South coast, Peru

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Culture: Tiwanaku
Title: Vessel Fragment in the Form of a Feline Head
Origin: South Coast
Date: 600 CE–1000
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 8.6 × 4.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2454

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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