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Outerwear made from feathers

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Almost complete upper part (unku); the shoulder piece is missing on one side; most of the surface covered with yellow feathers; also remains of red and blue or green feathers; pattern no longer recognisable;

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Outerwear made from feathers
Dimensions
Depth: 54 cm
Width: 37 cm
Material/Technique
Tissue , Spring
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 60308

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Chimú 1000 - 1470
    where
    Peru
    Pachacámac
    North coast of Peru
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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