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Feather

Material comprising stiff, lightweight, often colorful, keratin structures that are the principal covering of birds.

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William F. Cogswell, Queen Liliʻuokalani, and Maria Kealaulaokalani Lane Ena, ʻAhu ʻula (The Kalākaua Cape)

1891

late 19th century

Hearst Chalice

1575–78

A shimmering saint, Saint John in featherwork

17th century

Wari feather panels

c. 600–900

Headdress (Cheyenne or Lakota)

late 19th–early 20th century

Hawaiian featherworks

19th century

Staff-god

late 18th–early 19th century

A Renaissance miniature in wood and feathers

16th century

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