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Object Number
38-28-30/4177A
Display Title
Miniature textile, feathered
Descriptions
Object Description
Miniature feather cloth - poor condition; 3 parts once tied together in some manner; cotton plain weave; small yellow breast feathers Miniature feathered cloth in three parts, once tied together in some manner. Open 1-1 plainweave brown cotton, turned under along one side and along one end and stitched to form a small rectangle. Yellow parrot or macaw feathers knotted onto cotton yarns stitched to surface. One weft, two warp selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 9 epcm. Weft: brown cotton, (z-2s), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber textile, plainweave, brown, yellow feathers attached
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Paracas Necropolis
- Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas
/
Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite
Mummy bundle
Materials
Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 38-28-30/4177B | Miniature textile, feathered |
Woven Fiber
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Paracas Necropolis
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| 38-28-30/4177C | Miniature textile, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
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for Miniature feather cloth - poor condition; 3 parts once tied together +
| 38-28-30/4177 | Miniature feather cloth - poor condition; 3 parts once tied together + |
Paracas
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for Textile, feathered
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Peru
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Woven Fiber
|
La Victoria Mine
| |
| 15-41-30/86914 | Cap band, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
| 15-41-30/86916 | Cap band, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
| |
| 14-38-30/85947 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 42-28-30/4491 | Headdress, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3368 | Tunic, feathered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province?
| |
| 41-52-30/2945 | Textile, feathered |
Feather
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 978-11-30/10032 | Textile, padded |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
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