Quill and Textile Plume

Quill and Textile Plume

Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Quill and Textile Plume
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumNatural fibers
Dimensions7 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 in. (17.8 × 9.2 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1007
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1007

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