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Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar
Tiwanaku · 700–800
Provenance
Ownership history
- Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from [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 S.C. 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.
Literature
Published references
- Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em> (Praeger, 1952),, pl. 111 (ill.).
- Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em>, 2nd ed. (Praeger, 1954), pl. 111 (ill.).
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