Description
This panel features a checkerboard pattern of openwork squares and squares with crested birds or ducks in profile. The top and bottom borders are patterned with rows of anthropomorphic figures, perhaps felines or monkeys. The use of tapestry weave to create recognizable motifs, combined with the squares of openwork, demonstrates the artistry and talent of Andean weavers.
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
85460
Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetail tapestry weave; edged with weft-faced plain weave with extended weft cut fringe
Dimensions
89.2 × 53.3 cm (35 1/8 × 21 in.)
Classification
weaving
Credit Line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
