Feather Headdress

Feather Headdress

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Feather Headdress
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumFeathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
Dimensions34 3/4 × 10 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (88.3 × 26 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.996
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceManoogian Collection, Detroit, before May 14, 1991 [1][2]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1991, lot 23] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 14, 1991–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's auction catalog.
[2] LA Times article on a travelling exhibition of the collection from June 19, 1989.

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