Feathers are used to make and decorate a variety of ceremonial dress and objects

Thanks to Dr. Reyman and the people who made these objects for permission to share these images..  The fans were made by a Navaho, member of the Native American Church in southern Arizona.   The  head ornament is from the Sandia Pueblo in New Mexico 

We hope this will inspire collection of more feathers for the Feather Distribution Project.

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	Ceremonial Fan from Amazon tail feathers
	Ceremonial Fan from Scarlet and Green-Wing tail feathers
	Ceremonial Fan from; Military Macaw tail (center feather), Alexandrine (two side feathers), Jenday conure (two outside feathers) and Red-tail hawk
	Ceremonial head ornament made from broken and cut feathers from macaws and amazons.

The head ornament above highlights the fact that even broken and cut feathers are valuable and can be made into beautiful objects.  So please collect all your feathers...  From almost all birds.

Note: The Feather Distribution Project does not process raptor feathers as raptors are an endangered species.  The hawk feathers above were obtained locally.

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The head ornament is also a striking photograph.  If you would like to make it your computer wallpaper, it is available here in several common sizes to fit various screen resolutions.  Click on the image that corresponds to your screen resolution to display the picture.  Then, from within your (Internet Explorer) browser, right-click the image and select Set as Background.   Or, select Save Picture As..., then save the picture to your local drive and use display settings to make it your background.

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