Featherwork

32824B

From: Peru | Hacienda Warangal | La Centinela

Curatorial Section: American

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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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