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The Gift of birds : featherwork of native South American peoples / edited by Ruben E. Reina, Kenneth M. Kensinger.

Reina, Ruben E. (Added Author). Kensinger, Kenneth M. (Added Author). University of Pennsylvania. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0934718806
  • ISBN: 9780934718806
  • ISBN: 092417112X
  • ISBN: 9780924171123
  • ISBN: 0924171111
  • ISBN: 9780924171116
  • Physical Description: xxi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
  • Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, ©1991.

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General Note:
"Volume accompanying an exhibition held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: Feather Objects in Culture / Ruben E. Reina -- Introduction: Why Feathers? / Kenneth m. Kensinger -- I. Ancient Plumage: Featherworking in Precolumbian Peru / Kay L. Candler -- II. An Ancient Andean Feathered Headdress / Virginia Greene -- III. Social and Spiritual Languages of Feather Art: The Bororo of Central Brazil / Elizabeth Netto Calil Zarur -- IV. Feathers Make Us Beautiful: The Meaning of Cashinahua Feather Headdresses / Kenneth M. Kensinger -- V. Fragments of the Heavens: Feathers as Ornaments Among the Waiwai / Catherine V. Howard -- VI. Feathers are for Flying / Patricia J. Lyon -- VII. Feathers of Blood & Fire: The Mythological Origins of Avian Coloration / Jon F. Pressman -- VIII. Crowns of Power: Bird and Feather Symbolism in Amazonian Shamanism / Peter T. Furst.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
British Library not licensed to copy 0.

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Indian featherwork > South America > Exhibitions.
Featherwork > South America > Exhibitions.
University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology > Exhibitions.
University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Featherwork.
Indian featherwork.
South America.
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