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Crown of feathers
Chancay Textilemaker1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Ceremonial object, exclusive for the Chancay nobility, made with four different feather colors
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Details
- Title: Crown of feathers
- Creator: Chancay Textilemaker
- Date Created: 1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Pisquillo, Chancay, Lima, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 220 mm x Diameter 350 mm
- Provenance: Archaeological field survey
- Subject Keywords: Chancay, chancay, headdress, birds, crown, checkerboard pattern, featherworks
- Type: Crown
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Vegetal fiber and feathers of Amazon birds
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