Feathers from the kingfisher bird have been used to decorate headdresses, hairpins, earrings and other types of personal ornament, as well as larger items such as bed hangings, screens and lanterns. Kingfisher feathers were also used to decorate costumes in Chinese opera. In this paper the materials and techniques used in the manufacture of kingfisher jewelry are discussed. In particular, approximately 35 pieces of jewelry in the Paul Singer collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, that are decorated with kingfisher feather were studied. Comparable pieces in other collections were also examined. The types of feathers, the methods of preparation, and of adhesion to the substrate materials are discussed, as are the types of substrate materials and associated decorative media. The objects were examined for their physical characteristics of substrate type, feather texture, cloisonné form and support structure. More detailed examinations were carried out on Singer collection objects including identification of the feathers, metal substrates, types of adhesives used and general working methods.