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Catalog Number

CAS 0389-2361   CAS 0389-2361; Shirt (modern fabrication)
Category Textiles
Object Name Shirt (modern fabrication)
Culture Inca
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture pre-Columbian
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Textiles
Materials Cotton; Macaw (Arinae sp.) feathers
Description Shirt fabricated from 3 fragments of same or different textiles, each done in plainweave technique with macaw feathers stitched to surfaces of end panels; One panel is predominantly blue with narrow orange band along end; Other panel is predominantly orange with narrow blue band along end and yellow triangular design near center; Center panel with neck slit is undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 68.5, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 128.5