Featherwork

32824A

From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela

Curatorial Section: American

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

Tabard fragment. Yellow feather ground with a single border row of blue and two small areas of indigo feathers at the upper edge. Blue and yellow feathers are from the Blue-and-yellow Macaw and indigo feathers are from jay. Long row of pink feathers along the lower edge, possibly flamingo. 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 20.32 cm
Width 26.67 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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