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Object Number
46-77-30/8980
Display Title
Fan, feather
Descriptions
Object Description
Feathered fan; feathers cut, pieced together to make "feathers" yellow at tips, then orange, then blue. Composite feathers bound to lengths of split cane or quill and grouped in fan shape, secured by weft wrapping of brown cotton cords. Above wrapping, pieces of vegetal fiber cord (2s-plied) extend.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fan, bases of feathers bound to canes and together by cord, color
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late horizon
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
<City>
/
Sayan
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials
Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 14.5 cm (13 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/8980
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7706 | Fan, feather |
Organic
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7701 | Fan, feather |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7700 | Fan, feather |
Feather
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/8967 | Fan, feather |
Woven Fiber
|
Sayan
| |
| 80-61-30/24025 | Fan, feather |
Raw Material
Feather |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/6465 | Fan?, feather |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Hacienda Macas
| |
| 42-28-30/4493 | Feathered fan |
Feather
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10471 | Fan, feather |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Vista Alegre
| |
| 38-28-30/4179 | Fan, feather |
Feather
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 46-77-30/8981 | Fan, feather |
Feather
|
Sayan
| |
| 42-28-30/4587 | Fan, feather |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 15-41-30/86904 | Fan, feather |
Raw Material
Feather |
Usaka
|