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Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru

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Tabard
Wari; 7th–10th century
Private collection
Headdress
Late Moche/Wari(?); 8th–10th century
Collection Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York
Three Plumes
Chimú 13th–15th century
Said to have been found at Chan Chan, north coast
American Museum of Natural History, New York (B/3167, 3168, 3169)
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Chimú 13th–15th century
Private collection

See a detail view of one of these ornaments.

Miniature Tabard
Chimú(?); 10th–16th century
Private collection
Tabard
Wari; 7th–10th century
Collection Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York
Tabard Half
Chimú 13th–15th century
Collection Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York
Headdress
Chimú 15th–16th century
Said to have been found in the Chancay region, central coast
American Museum of Natural History, New York (41.0/7306)
Tabard
Chimú 15th–16th century
Said to be from the Chincha Valley, south coast
Private collection

See a detail view of this tabard.

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Chimú/Inka; 15th–16th century
American Museum of Natural History, New York (41.2/8015a, b)
Crown
Chimú 13th–15th century
Private collection
Tabard
Wari or Chimú 7th–15th century
Private collection
Miniature Tunic
Wari or Inka; 7th–16th century
Reportedly from Ullujaya, lower Ica Valley, south coast
Private collection

See the other side of this miniature tunic.

Miniature Dress
Wari or Inka; 7th–16th century
Reportedly from Ullujaya, lower Ica Valley, south coast
Private collection
Hanging
Wari, 7th–8th century
Pampa Ocoña, far south coast
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.471)
Four-cornered Hat
Wari; 7th–10th century
Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund 41.228
Tabard
Chimú 15th–16th century
Private collection
Headdress
Chimú 15th–16th century
Collection Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York
Neckpiece
Chimú 13th–15th century
Said to have been found in Ica, south coast
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Fund (1972.23.McD)
Headdress with Panels
Sicán (Lambayeque); 10th–11th century
Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund 61.11
Ceremonial Cloth
Chimú 14th–15th century
Reportedly found in a tomb at Caqui, Chancay Valley, central coast
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986 (1987.394.656)
Crown
Chimú 14th–15th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986 (1987.394.655)
Tabard
Chimú 15th–16th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1959 (59.135.8)
Tabard
Chimú/Inka; 15th–16th century
Private collection
Miniature Family Group
Nasca; 1st–3rd century
Private collection

See an alternate view of the female figure's wig.

Man's tunic (uncu) with Feather Design
Colonial; late 16th–early 17th century
Reportedly from the Island of Coati, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
American Museum of Natural History, New York (B/1505)




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