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Object Number 46-77-30/9657
Display Title Bundle, feather
Descriptions
Object Description Bundle of approximately 30 feathers. Finely split reeds (22 cm., length) wrapped with camelid and cotton yarns in several colors stitched together at top to make bundle of about 30 elements. Each of these ends with a feather, either single parrot feather or a "feather" composed of alternating black and white feathers cut to different lengths to make a Horizontally striped "feather".
Inventory Description Organic, feather, bundle, orange, brown, white, yellow, wrapped reeds, bundled
Classification
  • Feather
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 15 cm (10 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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Bundle, feather
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Feather
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Fan, feather
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Organic
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Fan, feather
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Feather
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Headdress, feathered
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Raw Material
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Ornament, feather
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Headdress, feathered
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Feather
Raw Material
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Ornament, feather
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Feather
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Fan, feather
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Feather
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Fan, feather
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Fan, feathered
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Raw Material
Feather
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Textile, feathered
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Feather
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