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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[75]
  • no[39]
  • yes[36]
  • no[75]
  • american[75]
  • anklet[1]
  • apron[1]
  • arm band[2]
  • band[1]
  • belt[3]
  • bottle[2]
  • bow[1]
  • bowl[1]
  • ceremonial wand[1]
  • cloth[2]
  • crown[3]
  • cup[1]
  • dish[1]
  • disk[1]
  • ear ornament[1]
  • fan[1]
  • feathers[1]
  • featherwork[6]
  • figure[1]
  • headdress[24]
  • mask[2]
  • mummy bale[1]
  • necklace[1]
  • ornament[3]
  • outfit part[2]
  • panel[1]
  • poncho[1]
  • pouch[1]
  • shaman's rattle[1]
  • shoulder strap[1]
  • staff[1]
  • string of feathers[1]
  • textile[3]
  • textile fragment[3]
  • araguaia river[2]
  • arequipa[1]
  • beneath the temple[1]
  • bolivia[1]
  • brazil[24]
  • caudivilla[2]
  • condesuya district[1]
  • corrego grande[2]
  • goias[2]
  • gravefield i[6]
  • gravefield ii[2]
  • guiana[5]
  • guyana[3]
  • hacienda warangal[4]
  • jaraucu river[1]
  • juruena river[1]
  • kuluseu river mouth[2]
  • la centinela[4]
  • matto grosso[8]
  • matto grosso state[3]
  • nazca district[6]
  • osibukahunoko[1]
  • pachacamac[11]
  • para state[3]
  • paraguay[1]
  • peru[44]
  • pisco province[2]
  • puntilla[2]
  • rio curanja[11]
  • sao lorenco river[2]
  • tapajos river region[1]
  • tapirape river[3]
  • upper xingu river[4]
  • venezuela[1]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • modern[1]
  • proto-nasca[2]
  • apalaii[2]
  • aymara[1]
  • campa[1]
  • cashinahua[11]
  • chamacoccos[1]
  • cumiana[1]
  • early chimu[2]
  • eastern bororo[2]
  • guana[1]
  • karaja[2]
  • korkraimoro[1]
  • mundurucu[2]
  • nasca[1]
  • northern kayapo[4]
  • paracas[2]
  • parukutu[2]
  • proto-nasca[2]
  • rikbatsa[1]
  • rukana[1]
  • tapirape[3]
  • txukahamai[2]
  • waiwai[2]
  • wapisiana[3]
  • warao[1]
  • yawalapiti[2]
  • amazonia[35]
  • andean[33]
  • east brazil[4]
  • gran chaco[2]
  • 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[4]
  • bamboo fiber[1]
  • bark cloth[1]
  • beetle wing[1]
  • bird skin[1]
  • blue-and-yellow macaw feather[1]
  • buriti fiber[1]
  • cane (plant)[2]
  • ceramic[4]
  • cloth[2]
  • cord[2]
  • cotton[23]
  • emu feather[1]
  • feather[39]
  • feathers[7]
  • fiber[3]
  • flamingo feather[1]
  • glass[2]
  • gold[1]
  • gourd[1]
  • grass[2]
  • gum[1]
  • ibis feather[1]
  • insect[1]
  • macaw feather[4]
  • mother-of-pearl[1]
  • palm leaf[2]
  • papier mache[1]
  • parrot feather[6]
  • plant fiber[3]
  • resin (material)[1]
  • scarlet macaw feather[1]
  • string[1]
  • tiger skin[2]
  • toucan feather[1]
  • vines[1]
  • wax cord[1]
  • white-necked heron feather[1]
  • wood[12]
  • wool[4]
  • embroidered[3]
  • polychrome[3]
  • red ware[2]
  • pedro maria ojeda[1]
  • yes[75]
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32824B

32824B

Featherwork

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28642

28642

Featherwork

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89-1-12B

89-1-12B

Headdress

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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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89-1-12A

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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

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SA771

SA771

Headdress

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33887

33887

Headdress

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65-10-1B

65-10-1B

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65-10-10

65-10-10

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89-1-3B

89-1-3B

Disk

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29460

29460

Staff

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CG852611-6459

CG852611-6459

Textile

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38-34-131

38-34-131

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65-10-8

65-10-8

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SA3045

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Cup

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28639

28639

Apron

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89-1-3A

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46-24-5

46-24-5

Panel

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65-10-15

65-10-15

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65-10-5

65-10-5

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65-10-7

65-10-7

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65-10-4

65-10-4

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32823

32823

Featherwork

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SA3981

SA3981

Figure

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65-10-14

65-10-14

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65-10-1A

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