Art Institute of Chicago
Carved Box Incised with Figures, Birds, and Textile Patterns
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- Date
- 1000–1532
- Medium
- Wood
- Culture
- Peru
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 91733
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- Credit line
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
- Provenance
- 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.
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- Object type
- AAT300037335
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American Wooden Boxes and ContainersA collection of utilitarian and decorative boxes from North American regions (primarily United States, New England, and Peru) spanning from the late 17th century onward, crafted from various woods and materials for stora
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