Birds in General

Birds & Feathers

Parrots serve as legs to this pumpkin-shaped vase. Both are native to the Americas. Pre-Classic Colima (West Mexico). Museum of Natural History, New York. (R. Haskett, 2012)

Feathered headdresses were extremely common all across prehispanic Mesoamerica, and continue in some communities to the present. Nahua drum. Museum of Natural History, New York. (R. Haskett, 2012)

Example of a feathered headdress today, heir to the pre-Columbian headdresses. Guelaguetza calenda (parade). (S. Wood, 2011)