FMNH 1533.nosub[1]
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | 123 | Country Peru | People | Locality Ancon | Name Small piece loosely woven brown and white cotton cloth, 6 1/2" square. | Collection W.E. Safford over. Dept. of Ethnology W.C.E. | Where Placed | Notes [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | No 1533 | Acc. 45 [BACK] The Peruvians made beautiful feather cloaks. The feathers were sewn one by one onto a cloth background. Small bunches of feathers were also sewn onto woolen and cotton garments to form fringes. Bunches of feathers, too, were worn in the hair. Expeditions were sent across the Andes into the Amazon basin to obtain the products of the forest area, of which parrots' feathers were among the most important.Catalog Number: 1533.nosub[1]Description: clothMaterials: cottonAccession Number: [45] World's Columbian Exposition - Department of Ethnology (Gift)Accession Year: 1893City/Town: AncónCollector/Source: World's Columbian Exposition - Department of Ethnology - Department of Ethnology, William E. SaffordEMu IRN: 1055690GUID: b4c917fb-5ba1-4507-a0c0-39717f1b75cfDisclaimer: The Field Museum's online Anthropology Collections Database may contain cultural items and historical records that are culturally sensitive. Some records may also include offensive language. These records do not reflect the Field Museum's current viewpoint but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the time period when items were collected or cataloged. Visitors to this site are also advised that some records may contain names, images, and recordings of deceased individuals and that some records document human remains.
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