Featherwork
32824C
From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 32824C |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Feather | Cotton |
Description | Yellow feather ground with a step design made from red feathers with an indigo border. Cotton plain weave fabric with paired warps ("Chimu weave"). Warps are Z-spun and 40-44 pairs/inch and wefts are S-spun and 30-34 wefts/inch. 32824B/C appear to belong to the same object while 32824A may not. |
Height | 71.12 cm |
Width | 54.61 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2175 - Field No SF |
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