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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[44]
  • no[14]
  • yes[30]
  • no[44]
  • american[44]
  • apron[1]
  • belt[1]
  • bottle[2]
  • bowl[1]
  • cloth[2]
  • crown[2]
  • cup[1]
  • dish[1]
  • fan[1]
  • feathers[1]
  • featherwork[6]
  • figure[1]
  • headdress[10]
  • mask[1]
  • mummy bale[1]
  • necklace[1]
  • outfit part[2]
  • panel[1]
  • poncho[1]
  • pouch[1]
  • staff[1]
  • string of feathers[1]
  • textile[3]
  • textile fragment[3]
  • arequipa[1]
  • beneath the temple[1]
  • caudivilla[2]
  • condesuya district[1]
  • gravefield i[6]
  • gravefield ii[2]
  • hacienda warangal[4]
  • la centinela[4]
  • nazca district[6]
  • pachacamac[11]
  • peru[44]
  • pisco province[2]
  • puntilla[2]
  • rio curanja[11]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • proto-nasca[2]
  • campa[1]
  • cashinahua[11]
  • early chimu[2]
  • nasca[1]
  • paracas[2]
  • proto-nasca[2]
  • rukana[1]
  • amazonia[12]
  • andean[32]
  • found on the breast of a mummy.[1]
  • from a mummy[1]
  • bird[3]
  • birds[1]
  • demon[1]
  • gods[1]
  • human figure[1]
  • human figures[1]
  • parrot[1]
  • serpent[1]
  • bamboo[2]
  • bark cloth[1]
  • bird skin[1]
  • ceramic[4]
  • cloth[2]
  • cord[2]
  • cotton[17]
  • feather[26]
  • feathers[2]
  • flamingo feather[1]
  • gold[1]
  • grass[2]
  • macaw feather[1]
  • palm leaf[2]
  • papier mache[1]
  • parrot feather[1]
  • string[1]
  • vines[1]
  • wax cord[1]
  • wood[6]
  • wool[4]
  • embroidered[3]
  • polychrome[3]
  • red ware[2]
  • yes[44]
peru

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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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26626

26626

Mummy Bale

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32824C

32824C

Featherwork

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39-20-48

39-20-48

Bottle

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28640

28640

Textile Fragment

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39-20-46

39-20-46

Bottle

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65-10-1C

65-10-1C

Outfit Part

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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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CG852611-6459

CG852611-6459

Textile

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65-10-8

65-10-8

Headdress

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SA3045

SA3045

Cup

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28639

28639

Apron

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46-24-5

46-24-5

Panel

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65-10-15

65-10-15

Headdress

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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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SA3981

SA3981

Figure

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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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29595

29595

Textile Fragment

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28550

28550

Crown

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28549

28549

Crown

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SA3163

SA3163

Bowl

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SA3979

Belt (uncertain)

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SA4374B

Textile

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