Fragment by Wari
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Fragment

Wari · About 600-800 CE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by Oct. 26, 1956 [incoming receipt RX2032, Oct. 26, 1956; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • South Bend, IN, Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Art of Ancient Peru, Dec. 20, 1961-Jan. 28, 1962.
  • Peoria, IL, Peoria Art Center, Jan. 22-Mar. 20, 1963.
  • Durham, NC, Woman's College Library of Duke University, Art and Artifacts of Pre-Columbian Peru, Dec. 17, 1964-Jan. 20, 1965.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, Oct. 28, 1992-Jan. 17, 1993.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, Apr. 14-June 29, 2005.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9772/on-loss-and-absence-textiles-of-mourning-and-survival"><em>On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival</em></a>, Sept. 6, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Alipio Melo, María José Murillo, and Danitza Willka, "The Heartbeat of Andean Weaving," in On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, eds. Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, and Anne Wilson, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 162, fig. 1 (ill.).

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