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The document summarizes the history and techniques of feather painting in Mexico. It discusses how feather painting originated with the indigenous people and was an important art form used to create religious images and liturgical garments during the Spanish colonization of Mexico in the 16th century. The oldest known surviving example of colonial feather painting is a 1539 depiction of the Mass of Saint Gregory created by indigenous artists in Mexico City under the patronage of the governor Diego de Alvara

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paula_dittborn

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