Featherwork
32824B
From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 32824B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Feather | Cotton |
Description | Yellow feather ground with a band of blue and yellow scrolls and a single border row of blue feathers. Row of pink feathers along the lower edge. At the opposite edge from the finished edge, red feathers with indigo borders form a step design. 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 | 101.6 cm |
Width | 36.83 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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