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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Object Type
[1] Sotheby's auction catalog.
[2] LA Times article on a travelling exhibition of the collection from June 19, 1989.
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Unknown Central and South American
1000–1450 AD
Dyed and woven cotton and camelid wool, hair, fiber, and reeds
2002.3248.1
Unknown North American
1900–1945
Painted wood, leather, cloth, feathers, evergreen twigs, beads, string
44.415
Unknown Central and South American
1200–1532 AD
Wool and feathers
2001.998.A,.B
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Plant fiber, mud, paint, and cassowary feathers
65.8
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
62.43
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27
Unknown African
1925–1950
Raffia, cane, other plant fibers, feathers, paint, and twine
91.1923
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Cloth, feathers, mother of pearl, and string
2002.4249