treasures of ancient peruvian art
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Treasures of Ancient Peruvian ArtSource: The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. 1, 1952), pp. 21+28-29Published by: The Art Institute of ChicagoStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4112566 .
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One of the outstanding private collections of Pre-Columbian Peruvian art was made by the late Edward Gaffron who, during his twenty years as a practicing physician in Lima prior to his return to Berlin in 1912, studied and accumulated pottery vessels, textiles and metals of re- markable artistic distinction. The Art Institute is fortunate, thanks to the generous cooperation of his son and daughter, Hans and Mercedes
Gaffron, to present publicly for the first time in America four galleries of objects selected from this famous collection.
Gold beaker made by the Incas probably during the century before the Span- ish conquest.
TREASURES OF ANCIENT PERUVIAN ART
Detail of a large ceramic jar in the form of a warrior. This is the largest known Peruvian clay vessel and, like all the rest of the material in the Gaffron exhibition, was unearthed from tombs. Mochica Culture
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Ceramic Portrait Head from the Gaffron Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art
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Ceramic jar painted to depict a mythical battle of magic bean warriors wearing metal crested helmets and carrying armor. Note the conven- tionalized beans on the handle and spout. Mochica Culture
Peruvian textile woven as a tapestry and once used as part of a shirt
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