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LOT 2340
Pre-Columbian Inca Feathered Tassle
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
11 3/8 in. (30 grams, 29 cm).
Composed of a woven triangular body with a colourful bird feather edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1940s-1950s.
Ex Hiller collection; thence by descent.
Literature
See King, H. Peruvian Featherworks, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
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