"Volume accompanying an exhibition held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
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
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