
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Headcloth
Chancay · 1000-1476
Provenance
Ownership history
- Vivian Merrin, New York, by Jan. 29, 1983 [letter from Vivian Merrin, Jan. 29, 1983; copy in curatorial object file; on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from June 1, 1983, loan number 393.1983]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- 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, Dec. 18, 2002-May 2, 2003.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, Gallery 136, Jan. 22-May 21, 2013.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes, Feb. 23-June 16, 2019, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas rotation, Gallery 136, Mar. 12-Oct. 23, 2024.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1983-84): 22, fig. 20 (ill.).
- Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago with Yale University Press, 2016), 357, cat 334 (ill.).
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