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Object Number 42-12-30/3369
Display Title Textile, feathered
Descriptions
Object Description Panel with zigzag design between Horizontal lines in red-orange, white and dark brown feathers. Two pairs of cotton yarns (2s plied) knot around each feather; these are stitched to the ground cloth by a third yarn. Ground cloth is 2-1 plainweave of brown cotton. Warp: z paired. Weft: z spun.
Inventory Description Organic, feathers, red, white, brown feathers stitched to brown plainweave
Classification
  • Feather
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nasca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South coast; Nasca
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 22 cm (22 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1942)
Donor Donated by Mr. Donald C. Scott (1942)

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