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Object Number 42-28-30/4491
Display Title Headdress, feathered
Descriptions
Object Description Feather headband with representations of the condor in flight done in green and yellow; rectangular piece of cloth with smaller tie ends attached: Headdress; rectangular central section (36x13 cm.) three figures(?) in green feathers on yellow feather ground. Bands, covered with yellow feathers, extend at either side. Foundation cloth: warp-faced plainweave tan cotton (warp, weft: z-2s, 40 epcm.; 10 epcm.). Feathers bent over cotton yarn, knotted in place by second yarn; further down quill another pair of yarns knot around each feather; these feathered strings stitched to cloth by 3rd yarn.
Inventory Description Organic, textile, band, extentions to sides, green, yellow feathers
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca?
  • Huari?
  • Middle Horizon?
  • Tiahuanaco?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Dimensions Overall: 94.5 x 13 cm (37 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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