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2. Plume hunting - Wikipedia

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   Plume hunting is the hunting of wild birds to harvest their feathers, especially the more decorative plumes which were sold for use as ornamentation, particularly in hat-making (millinery). The movement against the plume trade in the United Kingdom was led by Etta Lemon , Eliza Phillips , Emily Williamson , and other women and led to the ...

3. Fully feathered basket - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] The skills necessary to master such basket making are taught and developed under a long apprenticeship, usually within a family, with one generation passing the knowledge to the next. [6] Although the tribes produce other baskets, the fully feathered baskets are probably best known, due to the colored, iridescent feathers incorporated ...

4. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes.

5. Jewellery in the Pacific - Wikipedia

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   The huia feathers were often grouped in twos and were usually accompanied by a kiwi feather cloak, an ear piercing and commonly a small jade club. After Western colonisation, European woman began wearing the feathers [dubious – discuss] to express their strong social standing. [1] A modern opal bracelet from Australia

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7. Mexican featherwork - Wikipedia

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   [8] [9] Toltec groups were making feathered items from black and white feathers of local origin. [5] The most developed use of feathers in Mesoamerica was among the Aztecs, Tlaxcaltecs and Purepecha. [1] Feathers were used to make many types of objects from arrows, fly whisks, fans, complicated headdresses and fine clothing. [10]