Crown

28551

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 28551
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Locus Found on breast same mummy
Section American
Materials Feather | Plant Fiber
Iconography Human Figure
Description

Crown of feathers with human figures worked in them. Oblong plaque of twilled basket work covered on both faces with plain cloth: one face covered with feather mosaic design, narrow lengthwise border, both endswith center field occupied by two diamonds side by side each containing a feather-crowned and cloaked human figure.

Length 26.67 cm
Width 14.61 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1732b - Field No SF

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