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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[39]
  • no[16]
  • yes[23]
  • no[39]
  • american[39]
  • anklet[1]
  • apron[1]
  • belt[1]
  • bow[1]
  • ceremonial wand[1]
  • crown[3]
  • feathers[1]
  • featherwork[6]
  • headdress[16]
  • ornament[1]
  • outfit part[2]
  • pouch[1]
  • shoulder strap[1]
  • staff[1]
  • textile[1]
  • textile fragment[2]
  • bolivia[1]
  • brazil[8]
  • caudivilla[1]
  • corrego grande[2]
  • gravefield i[5]
  • gravefield ii[1]
  • guiana[3]
  • guyana[3]
  • hacienda warangal[4]
  • juruena river[1]
  • la centinela[4]
  • matto grosso[4]
  • nazca district[2]
  • pachacamac[7]
  • paraguay[1]
  • peru[26]
  • pisco province[1]
  • puntilla[1]
  • rio curanja[10]
  • sao lorenco river[2]
  • upper xingu river[1]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • apalaii[2]
  • aymara[1]
  • cashinahua[10]
  • chamacoccos[1]
  • cumiana[1]
  • eastern bororo[2]
  • mundurucu[1]
  • northern kayapo[1]
  • rikbatsa[1]
  • txukahamai[1]
  • wapisiana[3]
  • amazonia[19]
  • andean[17]
  • east brazil[2]
  • gran chaco[1]
  • found on the breast of a mummy.[1]
  • from a mummy[1]
  • bird[1]
  • human figure[1]
  • bamboo[3]
  • beetle wing[1]
  • cane (plant)[2]
  • cloth[2]
  • cord[1]
  • cotton[14]
  • feather[39]
  • fiber[3]
  • grass[1]
  • gum[1]
  • insect[1]
  • palm leaf[2]
  • plant fiber[1]
  • resin (material)[1]
  • string[1]
  • wax cord[1]
  • wood[6]
  • wool[1]
  • yes[39]
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32824B

32824B

Featherwork

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28642

28642

Featherwork

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32824A

32824A

Featherwork

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32824C

32824C

Featherwork

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89-1-12A

89-1-12A

Headdress

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28640

28640

Textile Fragment

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65-10-1C

65-10-1C

Outfit Part

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SA771

SA771

Headdress

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33887

33887

Headdress

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65-10-1B

65-10-1B

Headdress

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65-10-10

65-10-10

Headdress

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29460

29460

Staff

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38-34-131

38-34-131

Ceremonial Wand

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65-10-8

65-10-8

Headdress

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28639

28639

Apron

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65-10-5

65-10-5

Headdress

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65-10-7

65-10-7

Headdress

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65-10-4

65-10-4

Headdress

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32823

32823

Featherwork

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65-10-14

65-10-14

Headdress

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65-10-1A

65-10-1A

Outfit Part

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28550

28550

Crown

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28549

28549

Crown

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38-34-10

Bow

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SA3979

Belt (uncertain)

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SA4374B

Textile

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SA239A

Headdress

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SA773

Ornament

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CG852611-6434

Featherwork

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58-17-121

Headdress

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SA239C

Headdress

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SA239B

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