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Table S7. Current or historic use of feathers by Modern Humans (including modern western civilization and tribal peoples) | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16 | Unnamed: 17 | Unnamed: 18 | Unnamed: 19 | Unnamed: 20 | Unnamed: 21 | Unnamed: 22 | Unnamed: 23 | Unnamed: 24
People | Country | [NAME] | Feather Type | Use | Plate
Giriama Village | Kenya | Ostrich | Wing or tail | Headdress
Tikar | Cameroon | Gray parrot | red tail feather | Headdress
[NAME] and Karo | Ethiopia | Ostrich | ? | Headress
Karo tribeman | Ethiopia | Ostrich | long feather | headdress
[NAME] ([NAME]) | Kenya | Ostrich | wing tail | headdress
PAPUA New Guinea | Papua | King of Saxony bird of pa | ornamental head feathers | in the nose
Woodaaba | [NAME] | Ostrich | wing tail | headdress
Samburu | Kenya | several species | ? | headdress
Arbore Omo Valley | Ethiopia | ostrich | long feather | headdress
Miao (guangxi province) | China | ? | white feathers | Costume
Southern highlands | Papua | birds of paradise and more | long feathers | headdress
Bamenda | Cameroon | some raptors | long feathers | headdress
ingal fulani dancers | niger | ostrich | wing tail | headdress
[NAME] headhunter | indonesia | ? | long feathers | headdress
apatani tribe Bola village | india | ? | long feathers | feather fan
Chattersgarh | india | ? | long feathers | headdress
Omo Valley | Ethiopia | guineafowl | wing | headdress
Huli Wigmen | Papua | Ribbon-tail bird of paradise | super long white feathers | headdress
Kwazulu Natal | Durban South Africa | ? | Black feathers | headdress
Alyawarra language | Central Australia | Wedge-tailed eagle | Down | body and head
Maori (1890) | New Zealand | Huia and [NAME] | tail and wing | head decorations and feather cloaks
Hawaians | Hawaii | Several extinct species | red and yellow body feathers | Feather cloaks
South-Korean warrior | South Korea | ? | large feather | Two feathers on hat
Nyanga | Zaire | Nectaridae | Live Birds (5-10) | Attached to bark hood of "guard of initiates"
Bororo | Brazil | [NAME] | Tail, wings, throat | Tall cylindrical crown |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | *Feather type ref: Brazilian Indigenous Featherwork (Sonia [NAME], [NAME]) - google books |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | URL | http://books.google.ca/books?id=F-H9ZsoXOyQC&pg=PA518&lpg=PA518&dq=Brazilian+Indigenous+Featherwork+%28Sonia+Ferraro+Dorta,+Marilia+Xavier+Cury&source=bl&ots=Hiy4_c8oVl&sig=2jVgGCxU4tfLCM3WGrpL2mdkh-I&hl=en&ei=miDITePKDYP2tgP0vu3BAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
[NAME] | South America | Yapu (Cacique) | [NAME] | Headdress worn only by men
Hupa | California | Woodpecker spp. | Red crest feathers | Headbands for dancers
[NAME] | British Columbia | Eagle sp. | Down | Fills hollow top of chief's headdress, scatter during dance to represent goodwill and generosity
Bamileke | Cameroon | (gray) [NAME], chicken, blue pheasant, eagle (?) | various incl. tail (black, white, red, blue feathers, some dyed) | Part of rachis intertwined with fabric, hang from headdress of prominent dancers | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | *http://dmaconnect.org/CONNECT/dmacon_elephant_mask?id=5045849
Lwalwa | Southern Zaire | Blue pheasant and others | tail and others? (bluish, black, and yellow feathers) | Superimposed rows of 3 or 4 fixed to open basketry core, some cut or folded in 2, worn in ritual dances | 26
Luba | Zaire | Chicken (and [NAME]?) | tail, wing | Trims sides and upper rim of diadem, symbol of male initiates of association for ritual activities | 30
[NAME] | Zaire | Chicken | contour feathers | Top a vine on headband worn by women of the highest female grade during some initiation rituals, said chicken and parrot but I see only chicken | 33
Komo (?) | Eastern Zaire | Chicken, Blue pheasant, others | Tail and contour | Tuft at top of soft bonnet, rachises folded into netting - status, also worn by diviners in possession cults | 38
Angba | Northeastern Zaire | Chicken and Others | chicken remiges or retrices | Men in dances linked with hunting and war rites, celebrations for nature spirits, seances, possession cults | 39
Meegye, Mangbetu, Zande | Zaire | Parrot and others | red parrot tails and banded remiges of ?? | Adorn straw hats designating different levels of rank and status among dignitaries | 41
? | Northeast Zaire | Parrot and others | Tail | Used by members of voluntary associations and cults | 43
[NAME]?, [NAME]? | Sudan, Uganda, Zaire | Ostrich | Wing (?) | pompoms on cap worn by lineage heads, chiefs, members of dominant clan, rainmakers, or may belong to one age set | 55
[NAME] | Northwest Kenya | Ostrich, Chicken | contours (?) | Adorn centre and top of wig, reflects social status, group affiliation, and for ceremonial purposes | 56
Naga | Assam | Hornbill | Tail | Attached to ceremonial headband for warriors who have taken a head | 115
[NAME] | Assam | ? Passerine? | tail | Helmet | 119
Jhâkri shamans | Nepal | Peacock | Train | Inserted into upper rim of cotton headband worn by shamans during rites | 122
? | Southern China | [NAME] | ? | Covers sections of headdress worn by members of court and concubines until late 19th Century, then increased use in theatrical performances | 145
Iban | [NAME] | Hornbill | Tail | Top cap worn by warrior who has participated in succesful expeditions (represents courage and steadfastness) | 157
Iban | [NAME] | Argus Pheasant | wing | Crown worn by male dancers, represents pride | 159
Kuman | Chimbu (New Guinea) | Cassowary | contour | Worn mostly by men, women may wear during dances and weddings | 173
Lae-Womba | Markham River Valley (New Guinea) | Bird of Paradise and others | contour | Headdress for widows - just a few feathers | 177
? | New Guinea | Cassowary | contour | Tops wig worn mainly during festivities | 178
Kaluli | [NAME] | cockatoo | remiges | Part of costume of male dancers in ceremonies, dancer is "man in the form of a bird" | 180
? | [NAME] (New Guinea) | Lesser Bird of Paradise | Yellow and white tail (6) | Part of composite headdress worn by men during ceremonial exchanges of gifts between neighboring groups, indicates wearer's social importance and distinguishes donor from receiver | 184
 |  |  | Fan of russet red tail
 |  | Goura Pigeon | Blue crests
 |  | Wilson's Bird of Paradise | Entire compacted feathered body
? | Marquesas Islands (Polynesia) | Chicken | Breast and neck, still attached to skin (metallic black) | Attached to crescent-shaped headband worn by chief or headman | 192
? | Easter Island | Chicken | contour | Part of headband worn by chiefs, warriors, leading dancers on special occassions - different categories for different occassions/people | 197
Plains Indians (Assiniboin, Eastern Dakota, Pawnee, Arapaho, Mandan) | North America | [NAME] | Tail, wing, down | Wardress - each feather represents a story of a war feat - record of distinction for wearer and tribe, eagle is a symbol of secular and sacred power in warfare | 201
Northern Plains Indians (Cayuga) | North America | Raven, golden eagle | Raven contour plus 1 remige of golden eagle | Crown | 202
Menominee | North America | [NAME] | Tail | Part of roach worn on special occassions, obtained after accomplishing certain feats | 204
Amahuaca | Peru | [NAME] | Tail | Part of headband worn by men, and by young girls undergoing puberty rites (made by women) | 206 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | *Tail feather ref: http://christiesinternational.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=2058722
Jivaro | Peru and Ecuador | [NAME] | Whole wing, tail? | Part of hat worn by young men | 208
Jivaro | Peru and Ecuador | parrot and maybe toucan | contour | [NAME] obtained through trade with other ethnic groups, worn by men to express weath, believed to give power of resistance against the spirits | 209
Suhin | Gran [NAME] (Paraguay) | Spoonbill or [NAME] | contour | Headband, typical men's headdress | 211
Cayapo | Brazil | [NAME] | Tail | Forehead band worn by organizers of festivities | 212
Cayapo | Brazil | [NAME] | tail plus maybe others | Part of diadem manufactured and worn by men only | 213
Cayapo | Brazil | [NAME] and curassow | parrot contour and remix of curassow | Headband worn by men mainly during the cassava feasts | 214
Cayapo | Brazil | Parrot | tail and contour | Part of fan-shaped head ornament associated with festivals linked with corn harvest | 215
Cayapo | Brazil | [NAME] and Ibis | [NAME] and likely ibis contour | Headdress made by men, worn by women | 216
[NAME] | Brazil | toucan | contour | Headband for festive occassions and visits of leaders and their assistants | 217
Carajá | Brazil | Flamingo | remiges and contour | Display on festive occassions | 218
Carajá | Brazil | likely passerine | contour and some remiges | Hat worn mostly by men in initiations, mortuary ceremonies, and agricultural rites | 219
Mukuna in the Tukano group | [NAME] range, East Guyana | [NAME], parrot and others? | maybe some remiges, contour | Headband worn by men in public ceremonies | 222
? | Western Gavião | [NAME] | Rectrices | Male ornament for festive occassions and sporting competitions, adornment of hindhead
all of the above are from "The power of Headdresses" by [NAME] and [NAME], 1984, Tendi S.A. Brussels, Belgium, except more info under harpy eagle obtained as noted above
 |  | Turquois-fronted parrot | secondary remiges
 |  | White-eyed parakeet (probably) | retrices
Guarani | South America (interior) | Crested Oropendola | retrices | dances, prayers, the Maize Festival, and other great celebrations (i.e. initiation rituals for young boys)
 |  | Blue-cheeked parrot | retrices | ceased to produce a long time ago for "various environmental and existential reasons"
 |  | Toucan | throat and others | cap
Guarani | South America (interior) | Crested Oropendola | retrices | cap belonging to religious leaders
 |  | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | [NAME]
 |  | Channel-billed Toucan | throat and tail coverts
 |  | Others
Karajá | Brazil | Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) | flight feathers | "Occipital fan" ornament for young men used on special occassions and during ceremonies of the Big House
 |  | American Wood-Ibis | remiges
 |  | Blue-and-yellow [NAME] | retrices and under wing coverts
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | dorsal feathers and/or upperwing coverts
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | dorsal feathers and/or upperwing coverts
 |  | Other | down
Karajá | Brazil | [NAME] | flight feathers, esp. remiges | occipital fan, represents the sun
 |  | Great Egret | remiges (probably)
 |  | Blue-and-yellow [NAME] | flight feathers
 |  | Crested Oropendola | rectricx
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | wing coverts
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | ?
 |  | American Wood-Ibis | remiges (probably)
[NAME] | Brazil | [NAME] | abdominal feathers | "Radial crown"
 |  | Razor-billed curassow | dorsal feathers | most admired and valued head ornament by [NAME] because it is made with harpy eagle feathers
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | ventral feathers | worn during initiation and fertility ceremonies
 |  | Blue-and-yellow, Scarlet, and Red-and-green macaw | dorsal and ventral and/or upper wing covers | Scarlet Macaw tail feathers sometimes attached to the crown
 |  | Great Egret | flight feathers
[NAME] | Brazil | Razor-billed curassow | dorsal feathers | radial crown, usually worn during fertility rituals
 |  | Channel-billed Toucan and/or Red-billed toucan | upper and undertail coverts | can also be worn by the leader of a village during initiation rituals
 |  | Blue-and-[NAME] | ventral and dorsal and/or upper wing coverts
 |  | Olive Oropendola and Crested Oropendola | rectrices
[NAME] | Brazil | Russet-backed, Olive, and Crested Oropendola | Rectrices | radial crown
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | rectrix, rump and/or undertail coverts
 |  | Razor-billed curassow | ?
 |  | Plum-throated cotinga | ?
 |  | [NAME] (male) | ?
 |  | Red-billed and Channel-billed toucan | upper tail coverts
[NAME] | Brazil | Scarlet Macaw | ventral and rump feathers | principally used during fertility rites, also used in other ceremonies
 |  | Blue-and-yellow [NAME] | ventral and dorsal and/or upper wing coverts | radial crown
 |  | [NAME] | ventral feathers
 |  | Areidae | flight feathers
 |  | Russet-backed Oropendola | rectrices
 |  | Yellow-rumped Cacique | taxidermised specimen without wings
Kayapó | Xingu River | White-necked heron | remiges | diadem worn by men who own the hereditary right to use it during a certain ritual
 |  | Great Egret | remiges
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | rectrices
 |  | Unknown sp. | flight feathers
[NAME] (Gorotire) | Brazil | Scarlet Macaw | rectrices | diadem worn during ceremonial occassions
 |  | Yellow-headed [NAME] | rectrices | can only be worn by men with the specific hereditary right to use it
 |  | Orange-Winged Parrot | rectrices and secondary remiges
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) | Brazil | Yellow-headed [NAME] | Rectrices, secondary remiges | diadem worn by men during rituals, important dances, and ceremonies
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | Rectrices | composition varies, variation linked to personal priviledges regarding use of feathers from particular species
 |  | Orange-Winged Parrot | Rectrices
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | Rectrices
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | Rectrices
 |  | Oropendola sp. | Rectrices
 |  | Blue-and-yellow [NAME] | Rectrices
 |  | Sunbittern | Rectrices and Remiges
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) | Brazil | [NAME] | feathered skin, upper wing coverts | cap worn during ritual dances, ownership is a priviledge of few men and youths
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | feathered skin, rectrix
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | feathered skin
 |  | Psittacidae | ?
 |  | Razor-billed curassow | dorsal feathers
 |  | Blue-and-yellow [NAME] | upper wing coverts and/or dorsal feathers
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) | Brazil | [NAME] | abdominal feathers | cap worn during ritual dances, ownership is a priviledge of few men and youths
 |  | Scarlet Macaw | Rectrix
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) | Brazil | Scarlet Macaw | Rectrices | ? (cut off in book preview)
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | ?
 |  | [NAME] | ?
Chamacoco |  | [NAME] | secondary remiges, dorsal and ventral feathers | Cape attributed to shamas of the water due to its decoration and symbolism of the feathers used
 |  | Turquoise-fronted Parrot | secondary remiges, rectrices and feathers of head, wing=joint, and thigh | used during ritual [NAME], where a song is sung for an entire day, linked to magical flight and the search for the spirit
 |  | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | dorsal feathers
 |  | [NAME] | dorsal feathers and/or wing coverts
 |  | [NAME] | rectrices
 |  | Plush-crested [NAME] | rectrices
 |  | Red-and-Green Macaw | ?
 |  | Falconiformes | Rectrices and wing coverts
 |  | Cracidae | feathers from abdominal region
Chamacoco |  | Turquoise-fronted Parrot | rectrices, secondary remiges, wing-joint feathers | belt, shaman's ornament
 |  | Unidentified bi-coloured feathers |  | feathers have no association with the spirit guides, used as a complement to above cape
Chamacoco |  | Turquoise-fronted parrot | Rectrices, wing-joint feathers, secondary remiges | Part of hair pins and ritual artefacts carried in hand by shaman, give proection in search of spirits of seriously ill people
 |  | Ardeidae | Flight feathers, others | parrot feathers symbolize "the voice and the colour" of life
 |  | Others
Chamacoco |  | White-necked Heron and others | Mainly dorsal feathers | Necklace worn by men for special festivities, worn at all times by some shamans
Emerillon |  | Blue-and-[NAME] | Ventral and dorsal feathers | Feathered Ring
 |  | Black Curassow | Crown | Adornment for male use
 |  | Red-billed Toucan | upper tail coverts and from throat region
 |  | Channel-billed Toucan | upper tail coverts
 |  | Ardeidae | ?
Galibi |  | Blue-and-[NAME] | Dorsal and ventral feathers, upper wing coverts | Feathered ring worn by men during the Festival of Ture (?)
 |  | Unknown species | Black feathers
Guarani |  | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | throat and breast feathers, others | ? (cut off in book preview)
 |  | Black-fronted Piping Guan | upper wing coverts
 |  | Azure Jay | ?
 |  | Channel-billed Toucan | tail coverts and throat feathers
 |  | Toucan | ?
 |  | Scaly-headed [NAME] | undertail coverts
Karajá |  | Scarlet Macaw, Red-and-green [NAME] (possibly) | underwing coverts, dorsal feathers | ear ornaments worn by men in everyday context and during ceremonies
Karajá |  | Scarlet Macaw | [NAME] and others | children and young girls, taken away from boys at final phase of rite of passage into next age grade (Ceremony of the Big House)
Karajá |  | Scarlet Macaw | Rectrix and wing coverts | ? (cut off in book preview)
 |  | Red-and-green Macaw | ?
 |  | Blue-and-[NAME] | ventral feathers
 |  | Others? (cut off in book preview)
[NAME] (Kubenkrankêgn) |  | Scarlet and Red-and-Green Macaw | ? | Ear ornaments
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) |  | Red-and-[NAME] Scarlet Macaw | Underwing coverts | useage indicates ritual position of children and adults in a specific naming ceremony and in the [NAME] ceremony
[NAME] (Merkragnoti) |  | Scarlet Macaw | Upper and (a few) under wing coverts | ?
Kraho (?) |  | Turquoise-fronted Parrot | Remiges | Necklace
 |  | Orange-winged [NAME] | Rectrix
 |  | Ardeidae | Flight feathers and/or upper wing coverts
References:
Ferraro-Dorta S, Xavier Cury M (2000) A plumária indígena brasileira no Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da USP. Brazil: Imprensa Oficial SP. 535 p.
Biebuyck DP, Van den Abbeele N (1984) The power of Headdresses: a cross-cultural study of forms and functions: Brussels, Belgium: [NAME] 293 p.
More info under harpy eagle obtained as noted above