Feathers
SA3978
From: Peru | Nazca District
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | SA3978 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Nazca District |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 1922-1923 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Feather | String |
| Description | Feather string prepared for sewing on a textile. Single blue feathers from the Blue-and-yellow Macaw are attached to a double cord made from cotton by folding the quills over and lashing them. Cords are Z-spun and 2S-plied. |
| Length | 114.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Peruvian Expedition, William C. Farabee, 1923 |
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