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oct 24, 1508 - Ruler’s feather headdress

Description:

(probably of Motecuhzoma II)
1428-1520 CE
Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
Mexica (Aztec)
Moctezuma II’s Headdress” was first mentioned in a European inventory in 1596, when it was acquired by Austrian Archduke Ferdinand II von Tyrol

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Date:

oct 24, 1508
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~ 518 years ago

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