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Object Number 46-77-30/7706
Display Title Fan, feather
Descriptions
Object Description Feather fan; long quills with short, sometimes trimmed, parrot feathers bound on in overlapping tiers to make a yellow-orange-blue sequence from bottom to top. These long feathes are wrapped with brown cotton yarn and gathered together into a bundle. Bundle clamped and flattened by two pairs of split reeds, secured by wrapping weft, multiple strand cord of red camelid and brown and white cotton; this then spiral wraps the quills into a point at top.
Inventory Description Organic, reed sticks, wrapped with multicolored string, feathers, twisted ties
Classification
  • Organic
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 13.5 cm (11 13/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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