Featherwork

32824C

From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 32824C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Feather | Cotton
Description

Yellow feather ground with a step design made from red feathers with an indigo border. Cotton plain weave fabric with paired warps ("Chimu weave"). Warps are Z-spun and 40-44 pairs/inch and wefts are S-spun and 30-34 wefts/inch. 32824B/C appear to belong to the same object while 32824A may not.

Height 71.12 cm
Width 54.61 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2175 - Field No SF

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