Paccha Representing a Woman Carrying a Vessel and Nursing a Child

Provenance

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 (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Paccha Representing a Woman Carrying a Vessel and Nursing a Child

Chimú-Inca

1200–1450

Accession Number

91699

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

23.9 × 18.4 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment