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Source Description
Of all the luxury textile types made in the ancient Andes, feathered cloth was one of the most esteemed. This panel may come from a buried offering that contained more than a half-dozen large human-effigy vessels made of ceramic; inside the vessels were 96 rolled panels, all covered with the feathers of the tropical blue-and-yellow macaw. The ties that survive on the upper corners of some panels suggest they served as hangings that transformed a space from mundane to radiant and ceremonial.
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Document identity
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162398
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Feathered Panel
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162398
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object
title
Feathered Panel
description
Of all the luxury textile types made in the ancient Andes, feathered cloth was one of the most esteemed. This panel may come from a buried offering that contained more than a half-dozen large human-effigy vessels made of ceramic; inside the vessels were 96 rolled panels, all covered with the feathers of the tropical blue-and-yellow macaw. The ties that survive on the upper corners of some panels suggest they served as hangings that transformed a space from mundane to radiant and ceremonial.
date
600–900
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79986552
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 81.3 x 223.5 cm (32 x 88 in.); Mounted: 94 x 236.2 cm (37 x 93 in.)
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Peru, Far South Coast, Pampa Ocoña, 7th-10th century
accession
2002.93
Source extras
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Papagayo macaw feathers knotted onto strings and stitched to cotton plain-weave cloth; camelid fiber plain-weave cloth upper tape
tombstone
Feathered Panel, 600–900. Peru, Far South Coast, Pampa Ocoña, 7th-10th century. Papagayo macaw feathers knotted onto strings and stitched to cotton plain-weave cloth; camelid fiber plain-weave cloth upper tape; overall: 81.3 x 223.5 cm (32 x 88 in.); mounted: 94 x 236.2 cm (37 x 93 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 2002.93
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
didYouKnow
This panel is entirely covered in the feathers of blue and yellow macaws.
citations
citation
Bergh, Susan, "Brilliant Featherwork", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 09, November 2003
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
citation
Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes. [New York]: Thames & Hudson, 2012.
page_number
p. 274-5
creditline
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 08:25:56.194000
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162398
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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Papagayo macaw feathers knotted onto strings and stitched to cotton plain-weave cloth; camelid fiber plain-weave cloth upper tape
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