Word: bawaiian
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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Experts on early peoples agree that the feather work of the Bawaiian islanders is one of the highest arts ever devised by a savage race. In making the capes thousands of tiny feathers, carefully selected from the plumage of rare mountain birds, were woven in intricate designs. The birds, now extinct because of the feather hunting, were the so-called "oo," "mamo," and "iiwi" birds, and were captured on sticky poles which the hunter baited...
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