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2. Mexican featherwork - Wikipedia

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   Mexican featherwork, also called "plumería", was an important artistic and decorative technique in the pre-Hispanic and colonial periods in what is now Mexico. Although feathers have been prized and feather works created in other parts of the world, those done by the amanteca or feather work specialists impressed Spanish conquerors, leading to ...

3. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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   The peacock train consists not of tail quill feathers but highly elongated upper tail coverts. These feathers are marked with eyespots, best seen when a peacock fans his tail. All species have a crest atop the head. The Indian peahen has a mixture of dull grey, brown, and green in her plumage.

4. Deccan painting - Wikipedia

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   Rulers are often given large haloes, following Mughal precedent. Servants fan their masters or mistresses with cloths, rather than the chowris or peacock-feather fans seen elsewhere, [31] and swords usually have the straight Deccan form. [32]

5. Derek Hough and Wife Hayley Erbert Have Date Night at ... - AOL

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   Hough, 39, was dressed in a classic black tuxedo with a peacock-feather-like lapel fixture, while Erbert, 29, rocked a silver minidress embellished that featured a feathery midsection surrounded ...

6. Flabellum - Wikipedia

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   Flabellum. A flabellum (plural flabella), in Christian liturgical use, is a fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from the consecrated Body and Blood of Christ and from the priest, [1] as well as to show honour. The ceremonial use of such fans dates back to Ancient Egypt, and an example was found ...

7. Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty - Wikipedia

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   Blue feathers (蓝翎; 藍翎; lánlíng) were usually worn by household officials of the imperial and princely houses. Like peacock feathers, blue feathers may be granted as a special honour, usually to officials of the sixth pin and below. Although a badge of honour, the feathers also symbolised bond servitude to the Emperor.