Provenance Information

Ex coll. Curtice M. Clay Aldridge (1910-2003), Columbus, Georgia, collected near Lima, Peru, August 1959.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation, September 2006 - March 2007
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation 1, February 9 - July 1, 2013
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Americas Organics Rotation 3, August 5, 2024 - May 5, 2025

Publication Information

Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/114.
"Capturing the Rainbow: Bolivian Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/rainbow.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by museum in 2002.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchashed from Weldon Jeffrey, November 4, 1981

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Gifted to museum in 1989.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased September 1982.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present

Publication Information

Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 248, figure 560.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Gifted to museum in 1989.

Provenance Information

By 20 May 1970, Alan C. Lapiner, New York; 20 May 1970-2018, private New York collection (object #157)

Exhibition Information

none

Publication Information

none

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Based on the results of provenance research, the Princeton University Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 14 November 1970. The collector maintained a sequential inventory of their collection with the year of each acquisition specified. The accuracy of the list is demonstrated by a number of works in the inventory that were either published in other collections prior to the collector’s acquisition date or published or exhibited shortly after the acquisition, in each instance with the appropriate ownership history documented. According to the inventory, the collector acquired this work on 20 May 1970 from Alan C. Lapiner, a New York art dealer.

Provenance Information

By 1967, Alan C. Lapiner, New York; 1967-2018, private New York collection (collector object #92)

Exhibition Information

none

Publication Information

none

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Based on the results of provenance research, the Princeton University Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. The collector maintained a sequential inventory of their collection with the year of each acquisition specified. The accuracy of the list is corroborated by a number of works in the inventory that were either published in other collections prior to the collector’s acquisition date or published or exhibited shortly after the acquisition, in each instance with the appropriate ownership history indicated. According to the inventory, the collector acquired this work in the second half of 1967.

Provenance Information

probably Alan Lapiner, New York City, before 1970; Justin Kerr, New York City, probably before 1970

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Justin Kerr, a professional photographer and the immediate past owner, has confirmed the tunic was in his collection by at least 1975, when he and his late wife moved from one home to another, but he does not recall when or from whom he acquired it. He further confirms that Brigga (Brigitte) Lapiner, deceased, mounted the tunic; that in the 1960s he occasionally worked with Mrs. Lapiner’s husband, Alan Lapiner, a well-known Pre-Columbian dealer who died on February 3, 1975; and that during this period he acquired several objects from Mr. Lapiner. According to Mr. Kerr, there are only two people still alive who might recall having seen the tunic at his home in the early days. Both state that the tunic was displayed at the Kerr residence for many years but they do not remember the dates on which they first saw it. One adds that, according to his memory, he saw the tunic in Mr. Lapiner’s gallery in the late 1960s and that Mrs. Lapiner had stopped treating textiles in about 1970 in order to care for the Lapiners’ children. Taken together, these statements suggest that Mr. Kerr obtained the tunic before 1970 from Mr. Lapiner.

Ancient Andean weavers created one of the world’s most distinguished textile traditions, and the Chancay corpus forms an important chapter in that history. The museum’s exhibition-worthy Chancay holdings comprise only one other garment—a tie-dyed head cloth made of plain weave. This fine tunic, woven in the tapestry technique, will allow the museum to present to the public a more complete picture of Chancay garment types, weaving structures, and imagery. It also instantiates a major event in ancient Andean history since it represents a recently defined subtype that probably post-dates the Inca conquest of Chancay territory.

Provenance Information

Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. 1998-2008. Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. 1998-2008.; Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1990, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

New World Antiquities, San Francisco [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1988, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Crowning Glory: Art of the Americas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.

Publication Information

No known publications.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.