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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 385238, member: 2844"]The eyes in the tail feathers of the embroidery are typical of peacock feathers, especially the way they are depicted in India.</p><p>In Asia birds like peacocks and phoenix are often called bird of paradise. That term is unrelated to the Papuan and East Indonesian birds of paradise, which are small birds with enormous, usually rather fluffy, tail feathers. There are many species, here are some:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRVyzdz4iJUmN9XRkkBNQBp55JXPE47Kl3bFQ20-yzUbI0kVGAw&sp=389feb1cff9d60713c9058e97c926248&anticache=476126" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT85iXr64sxHYMVr2JyPLP8Cw6JupFTyLZQZsrOPVNo3ONj3-JVCg&sp=accaf4888f186bd2b57451b1b9450bac&anticache=390276" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT-rSTK58aHWiHRhZywIMSW06jjLoSJIEvsIGffoGQZaca1OGIt&sp=993ecb859aa6b619b5879388125e034c&anticache=550823" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 385238, member: 2844"]The eyes in the tail feathers of the embroidery are typical of peacock feathers, especially the way they are depicted in India. In Asia birds like peacocks and phoenix are often called bird of paradise. That term is unrelated to the Papuan and East Indonesian birds of paradise, which are small birds with enormous, usually rather fluffy, tail feathers. There are many species, here are some: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRVyzdz4iJUmN9XRkkBNQBp55JXPE47Kl3bFQ20-yzUbI0kVGAw&sp=389feb1cff9d60713c9058e97c926248&anticache=476126[/IMG] [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT85iXr64sxHYMVr2JyPLP8Cw6JupFTyLZQZsrOPVNo3ONj3-JVCg&sp=accaf4888f186bd2b57451b1b9450bac&anticache=390276[/IMG] [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT-rSTK58aHWiHRhZywIMSW06jjLoSJIEvsIGffoGQZaca1OGIt&sp=993ecb859aa6b619b5879388125e034c&anticache=550823[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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