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Textile

Object Number:CG852611-6459
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Pachacamac (uncertain)
Culture Area: Andean
Section:American

Description

Central coast textile with a scene that includes animals, fish, and birds. The central figure wears a headdress with double-bird effigies. The design is surrounded by a border with interlocking scroll and step designs.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Gift of Birds: The Featherwork of Native South American Peoples (16 Nov 1991 - 28 May 1994) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Reina, Ruben E., and Kensinger, Kenneth M. 1991. The Gift of Birds: Featherwork of Native South American Peoples.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 7, fig. 1.18View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 56, fig. 47View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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