A5067490014- Latin American history and culture
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Building materials and conservation
- Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
- Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics
- Photographic and Visual Arts
- Historical Studies on Spain
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Historical Studies in Latin America
- Cultural and Mythological Studies
National Institute of Anthropology and History
2014-2025
Patrimonio Nacional
2014
A colonial feather insignia from New Spain dating to the late 16th century is one of a group seven unique objects kept in museums Austria, Germany, and Mexico. The represents highly skilled example featherworking tradition documented historical sources such as Florentine Codex. In order make replica for National Museum Anthropology Mexico City (MNA), an interdisciplinary team carried out technical material studies before preparing necessary raw material. At centre this work are bird feathers...
Within a trans-disciplinary project between Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) and Austria (Weltmuseum Wien), the feather headdress, unique most renowned pre-Columbian ‘Arte Plumaria’ artifact from 16th Century was studied extensively. Among other investigations concerning materiality of noninvasive handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis carried out with instrument to detect possible presence inorganic pesticides pigments verify composition metal decorations. The...