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Object Number
41-52-30/2939
Display Title
Effigy, human, feather
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden cylinder (3.5x2.5 cm., height x diameter) with rudimentary nose and eye ridges to represent head. Painted black, front covered with blue parrot feathers. One one side of head a large wing-shaped(?) ear ornament with blue, red-orange, yellow feathers (the other is missing). Below head hang 5 braided vegetal fiber cords, covered with red-orange, blue, green feathers inserted into cylinder and secured.
Inventory Description
Organic, wood ornament, face, cylidnrial, painted, multicolored feather tassels
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Inca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
South coast
Materials
Feather, Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 4 cm (8 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(1941)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1941)
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Raw Material
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Nazca Province
| |
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|
Coyungo
| |
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Woven Fiber
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Coyungo
| |
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Woven Fiber
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Sayan
| |
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Feather
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Peru
| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
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Woven Fiber
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Nazca
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Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
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