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, 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.
Accession Number
85269
Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), two- and three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps and self-patterned by weft floats; band of plain weave with slit tapestry tab fringe
Dimensions
25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
