Pechera (feathered chest adornment)
Peru|South Coast of Peru, Nasca
200 -700 ADMacaw feathers on cotton ground cloth19.5 x 21 inches
View Information PageEach of the brilliantly colored panels on view in the exhibition was created from hundreds of glossy macaw body feathers, individually hand-knotted onto cotton strings and subsequently stitched, in horizontal rows, onto rectangular plain-weave cotton panels.