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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
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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