Featherwork
32824A
From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela
Curatorial Section: American
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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