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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
- Middle Horizon?
- Huari?
- Nazca?
- Tiahuanaco?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials
Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 94.5 x 13 cm (37 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-28-30/4492 | Headdress, feathered |
Woven Fiber
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Nazca Province
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| 15-41-30/86916 | Cap band, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
| 15-41-30/86915 | Cap band, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
| 15-41-30/86914 | Cap band, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
| 41-52-30/2945 | Textile, feathered |
Feather
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3198 | Poncho, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 38-28-30/4177A | Miniature textile, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
|
| 38-28-30/4177B | Miniature textile, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 14-38-30/85947 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 15-41-30/86913 | Cap band, feathered |
Feather
|
Coyungo
| |
| 46-77-30/7707 | Headband, feathered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9565 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
|