Beautiful Nazca Plume ca. 100 – 700 AD.
In the ancient Americas, skilled craftspeople made luxurious goods restricted for the right and the entitled. Their culture crafted these prized objects for ritual and regalia, using their most valued materials. Jade, rather than gold, was the most precious substance to the Olmecs and the Maya in Mesoamerica, and the Incas and their predecessors in the Andes valued feathers and textiles above all.
This is a beautiful Nazca Plume. Orange-colored parrot feathers braided with vegetable fiber. Completely intact, all original. When found in their original context, they were parts of headdresses or were placed on the head of the deceased. It is also possible that such ornaments were worn by priests and higher dignitaries and used in other ways or had other functions. Measures 10”/25.4 cm by 9”/22.86 cm. South coast, Nazca. Ca. 100 – 700 A.D.
Condition: Very Fine
Comes in a front loading table glass display case approx. 14”/35.56 cm square.