Unknown Central and South American
Headband with Birds and Feathers

Headband with Birds and Feathers

Public Domain

Headband with Birds and Feathers
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Headband with Birds and Feathers
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumCloth, feathers, mother of pearl, and string
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/16 × 22 9/16 in. (5.2 × 57.3 cm)
 Overall (with strings outstretched): 37 1/2 in. wide (95.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4249
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell slide dated March, 1968] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4249

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