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Object Number
14-38-30/85947
Display Title
Tunic, feathered
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic, front and back covered in orange feathers, with a wave band in orange, blue, yellow, dark brown, and white feathers along the lower edge. These rows of feathers are attached with three cotton yarns to a 1-2 plainweave natural cotton. Two widths seamed together in the center, and turned under and coarsely hemmed at the sides and bottom. The foundation cloth extends 5 cm. beyond the feathers at the bottom.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, tunic, woven fiber, covered with rows of colored feathers
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
/
Nazca
Intrasite
Grave
Materials
Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 53.5 x 82 cm (21 1/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Philip A. Means
(1914)
Donor
Philip A. Means
(1914)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-12-30/3368 | Tunic, feathered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province?
| |
| 46-77-30/8963 | Tunic?, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Sayan
| |
| 46-77-30/9565 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/7748C | Textile, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Chavina
| |
| 46-77-30/8994 | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 41-52-30/2953 | Tunic, plainweave; weft patter |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/8964 | Poncho, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 41-52-30/2947 | Poncho, feathered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9566 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/10405 | Textile, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Paramonga
| |
| 42-28-30/4490 | Tunic, half |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4485 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
|