Nazca Culture 100 BC-800 AD
12'2" x 27'9" in
Further images
A beautiful example of a feather breast ornament (Pechera) preserved in an almost impeccable condition.
Feathers are symbolic in many traditions as a metaphor representing the human desire of aspiring to transcendence, as with Angels in the Christian tradition, whose feathered wings allow them to mediate between heaven and earth.
Among traditional societies, garments and other objects embellished with feathers also have great cultural value and are imbued with spiritual energy and supernatural force.
Of universal appeal and unique beauty, feathers have for thousands of years been used by people in all parts of the Andes to adorn themselves and to animate their environment. Among traditional societies, feathers and objects embellished with feathers also have great cultural value and are imbued with spiritual energy and supernatural force.
Exhibitions
Back to the Future, 40 years of Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley, 2023Continuities, 2000 Years of Female Art in South America, Sala Brazil, Embassy of Brazil London, 2023
Frieze Masters, London, 2022
Confluences: 4000 years of South American Art, 2022, Cork Street, London, 2022
Our North is the South, Bergamin & Gomide, Sao Paulo, 2021.
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York. 1995
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