!!!Federkopfschmuck

Federkopfschmuck,  (Aztec feathered headgear): One of the most 
valuable exhibits of the Austrian Ethnological Museum (Museum fuer 
Voelkerkunde) in Vienna, consists of more than 450 long tail of the 
quetzal and smaller feathers of cotinga, piaya, platalea and 
kingfishers. First documented around 1575 as part of the collection of 
Count Ulrich von Montfort, it was acquired by Archduke Ferdinand II 
about 1590 for his collection at Amras Castle, from where it was 
removed to the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, and, in 1928, to the 
Ethnological Museum. Often erroneously referred to as the feathered 
crown of Moctezuma (Montezuma), the headgear was actually part of the 
ritual dress of a priest symbolising his transformation into a god. 
Even though dozens of similar objects were brought to Europe in the 
course of the 16th century, the only one still extant is the one at 
the Vienna Ethnological Museum.


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