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
85549
Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft cut fringe
Dimensions
22.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/4 × 16 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
