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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...

Mexican featherwork, also called "plumería", was an important artistic and decorative technique in the pre-Hispanic and colonial periods in what is now...

Moctezuma's headdress is a featherwork headdress or military device (Nahuatl languages: quetzalāpanecayōtl [ketsalaːpaneˈkajoːtɬ]) which tradition holds...

ceramics and obsidian and flint tools and of luxury goods such as beadwork, featherwork, and the elaboration of tools and musical instruments. Sometimes entire...

During the colonial period, Europeans avidly collected Mesoamerican featherwork, often incorporating them into their Cabinets of Curiosities, stunned...

and clothing. Men weave certain baskets, carve tools from wood, create featherwork and ceremonial regalia, and make canoes and weapons, such as clubs, spears...

woven netting decorated with bird feathers and are examples of fine featherwork techniques. The use of ʻahu ʻula cloaks/capes were restricted to aliʻi...

on everything from jewelry, masks, ceramics, sculpture, textiles and featherwork to painted murals, codices and architectural elements of buildings. The...

different metal products. Paraguay is particularly known for its indigenous featherwork and basket weaving. The handmade products of Paraguay are of a great...

Mexican featherwork painting of Isidore the Laborer made from duck, hummingbird, and canary feathers. This style of painting, popular during the Novohispanic...

Tlaxcala Related topics Alebrije Alfeñique in Mexico Huichol art Mexican featherwork Mexican handcrafted fireworks Mexican ironwood carvings Mexican lacquerware...

of feathers is the practice of maintaining and preserving feathers or featherwork objects, and requires knowledge of feather anatomy, properties, specialized...

Indians) Montezuma's headdress (Mexico) Mahiole (Hawaii) Toupha (Byzantium) Featherwork This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Feather...

notably gold but especially silver. The Chimú also are noted for their featherwork, having produced many standards and headdresses made of a variety of...

flexible woven material, as well as felt, bark cloth, knitting, embroidery, featherwork, skin-sewing, beadwork, and similar media. Textile arts are one of the...

It is the only garment in Mexico which uses the pre Hispanic art of featherwork today. This huipil is often used for weddings as it is believed that...

particularly headdresses in Latin America, most prominently Mexico (see Mexican featherwork) This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct genera with the...

cambric. They could be adorned with embroidery, beadwork, ruffles, or even featherwork, and often featured shaped border edges. Crocheted pelerines were also...

frame structure decorated with bird feathers and are examples of fine featherwork techniques. One of these helmets was included in a painting of Cook's...

significant collection of artifacts from the Americas, largely collecting featherwork. Vasari intended the worldly representation in the guardaroba to be seen...