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Kensinger, Kenneth M., and Ruben E. Reina. The Gift of Birds: Featherwork of Native South American Peoples. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1991.

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  • Object[35]
  • no[22]
  • yes[13]
  • no[35]
  • american[35]
  • arm band[2]
  • belt[2]
  • crown[1]
  • ear ornament[1]
  • headdress[21]
  • mask[1]
  • necklace[1]
  • ornament[3]
  • outfit part[2]
  • shaman's rattle[1]
  • brazil[19]
  • guiana[5]
  • guyana[3]
  • jaraucu river[1]
  • juruena river[1]
  • kuluseu river mouth[2]
  • matto grosso[5]
  • matto grosso state[3]
  • osibukahunoko[1]
  • para state[3]
  • peru[12]
  • rio curanja[11]
  • tapajos river region[1]
  • tapirape river[3]
  • upper xingu river[4]
  • venezuela[1]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • modern[1]
  • apalaii[2]
  • campa[1]
  • cashinahua[11]
  • cumiana[1]
  • korkraimoro[1]
  • mundurucu[2]
  • northern kayapo[4]
  • parukutu[2]
  • rikbatsa[1]
  • tapirape[3]
  • txukahamai[2]
  • waiwai[2]
  • wapisiana[3]
  • warao[1]
  • yawalapiti[2]
  • amazonia[35]
  • bamboo[3]
  • beetle wing[1]
  • bird skin[1]
  • blue-and-yellow macaw feather[1]
  • buriti fiber[1]
  • cane (plant)[1]
  • cloth[1]
  • cord[2]
  • cotton[8]
  • feather[19]
  • feathers[6]
  • fiber[1]
  • glass[2]
  • gourd[1]
  • grass[2]
  • gum[1]
  • insect[1]
  • macaw feather[2]
  • mother-of-pearl[1]
  • palm leaf[2]
  • parrot feather[4]
  • plant fiber[3]
  • resin (material)[1]
  • scarlet macaw feather[1]
  • tiger skin[2]
  • toucan feather[1]
  • vines[1]
  • wax cord[1]
  • white-necked heron feather[1]
  • wood[7]
  • pedro maria ojeda[1]
  • yes[35]
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