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Featherwork is the
working of
feathers into a work of art or
cultural artifact. This was
especially elaborate among the
peoples of
Oceania and the Americas...
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Mexican featherwork, also
called "plumería", was an
important artistic and
decorative technique in the pre-Hispanic and
colonial periods in what is now...
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ceramics and
obsidian and
flint tools and of
luxury goods such as beadwork,
featherwork, and the
elaboration of
tools and
musical instruments.
Sometimes entire...
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different metal products.
Paraguay is
particularly known for its
indigenous featherwork and
basket weaving. The
handmade products of
Paraguay are of a great...
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terms of origin, patron, and function. The object's
function was
perhaps featherwork headdress or
military device. In the
Nahuatl languages, it is
known as...
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woven netting decorated with bird
feathers and are
examples of fine
featherwork techniques. The use of ʻahu ʻula cloaks/capes were
restricted to aliʻi...
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Mexican featherwork painting of
Isidore the
Laborer made from duck, hummingbird, and
canary feathers. This
style of painting, po****r
during the Novohispanic...
- and clothing. Men
weave certain baskets,
carve tools from wood,
create featherwork and
ceremonial regalia, and make
canoes and weapons, such as clubs, spears...
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During the
colonial period,
Europeans avidly collected Mesoamerican featherwork,
often incorporating them into
their Cabinets of Curiosities, stunned...
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feathers is the
practice of
maintaining and
preserving feathers or
featherwork objects, and
requires knowledge of
feather anatomy, properties, specialized...
