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Object Number 15-41-30/86914
Display Title Cap band, feathered
Descriptions
Object Description Cloth covered with parrot feathers: orange ground with row of green, blue and yellow rectangles, some with bars of dark brown and green. Design is unclear due to feather loss. Foundation cloth: warp-faced 1-1 plainweave natural cotton; warp: (z-2s), 18 epcm.; weft: (z-2s), 6 epcm. Feather attachment uses two cotton yarns (z-2s) which knot around the feathers and a third which stitches them to the cloth. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, textile band, plainweave, multicolored feather attached
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Coyungo
Intrasite Mummy
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 16.7 cm (26 x 6 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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