CultureChimú
Titles
- Royal Feather Ensemble
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumFeathers and textile
DimensionsTunic: 36 × 27 in. (91.4 × 68.6 cm)
Headdress: 34 × 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (86.4 × 36.2 × 36.2 cm)
Headdress: 34 × 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (86.4 × 36.2 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1999" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number99.482.1,.2
Not on view
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Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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