Flute Incised with Geometric Design

Arts of the Americas

A.D. 1200/1450

Chimú
North coast, Peru

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Culture: Chimú
Title: Flute Incised with Geometric Design
Origin: North Coast
Date: Made 1200–1450
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 18.4 × 5.1 cm (7 1/4 × 2 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2396

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, 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, 1955.

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