Ear Ornaments

1. 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.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Museum of Modern Art, <em>Ancient Arts of the Andes</em>, Jan. 25–Mar. 21, 1954, cat.; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1954; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, July 15–Sept. 15, 1954.
• Arts Club of Chicago, High Culture in the Americas before 1500, Nov. 15–Dec. 31, 1982, ex. cat. 104.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/7966/the-ancient-americas-art-from-sacred-landscapes"><em>The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes</em></a>, Oct. 10, 1992–Jan. 3, 1993, cat. 77, as <em>Ear Spools</em>; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 4–April 18, 1993; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 6–Aug. 15, 1993.

• Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>Kunstgeschichte des Alten Peru</em> (Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1924), pl. IX. (color ill.).
• Walter Lehmann with Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, eds., <em>The Art of Old Peru</em> (Ernest Benn, 1924), pl. IX. (color ill.).
• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>Old Peruvian Art</em> (E. Weyhe, 1936), pl. IX. (color ill.).
• Wendell C. Bennett, <em>Ancient Arts of the Andes</em>, exh. cat. (Museum of Modern Art, 1954), 138, fig. 120.
• Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Old Peru</em> (Hacker Art Books, 1975), pl. IX. (color ill.).
• Everett McNear, High Culture in the Americas before 1500, exh. cat. (Arts Club Chicago, 1982), pg. 44 (ill.)
• Richard Townsend, ed., <em>The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), 338, 377, cat. 77, as <em>Ear Spools</em>.
• Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 335, cat. 296 (ill.).

Globular Jar with Repeated Abstract Motifs in Sprial Design

Art Institute of Chicago

Jar in the Form of a Jaguar Head

Art Institute of Chicago

Pendant in the Form of a Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

Globular Jar with Abstract Forms in Spirals on Shoulder

Art Institute of Chicago

Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

Art Institute of Chicago

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel with Abstract Motifs and a Modeled Head

Art Institute of Chicago

Bottle with a Masked Figure and Abstract Feline and Textile Motifs

Art Institute of Chicago

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