Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

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.

• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em> (Praeger, 1952),, pl. 110 (ill.).
• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em>, 2nd ed. (Praeger, 1954), pl. 110 (ill.).
• Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 336-337, cat. 300 (ill.).

Ear Ornaments

Art Institute of Chicago

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

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