The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru

Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru

		Miniature Tabard Chimú(?); 10th–16th century Cotton, shell, silver, feathers; 8 x 10 in. (20 x 25 cm) Private collection

This fine miniature tabard could have belonged to a noble child or been used on a small, important statue. The blue and yellow feathers are sewn onto natural brown plain-weave cotton. The garment is further embellished with a border at the bottom of spondylus-shell beads and silver chimes.