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This object has been made by feather enamelling. Enamelling refers
to the process of inlaying a coloured glass-like substance into
a metal surface, but in this instance blue kingfisher feathers have
been inlaid. The feathers are cut up and then pasted into the metal
base. This ornament is in a stylized bird form. It was bought in
the city of Siu Fui, in Szechuan province, in China, in 1907.
View database record 1951.5.5
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