Feather headdress
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As a feather headdress is called the decorative use of bird feathers of clothing, especially hats.
In women's clothing, feathers were used as hat ornaments and as a feather boa . Around 1900 , the term pleureuse, actually used for various components of mourning clothing, was used for this .
Feather headdress in the military
Europe
In ancient times, feathers were often attached to helmets as jewelry, but the use of whole prepared wings (as they are regularly depicted in Asterix and Obelix , for example) is rather unrealistic. However , the feathers were quite common as trimmings for the crest of the helmet of Roman legionaries .
In the Middle Ages, the heraldic flight developed from the spring frame .
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Polish Hussaria also used artificial wings with eagle feathers attached to their backs as a noise weapon. The hats of this time were often decorated with feathers: pinned on the side or as a trim around the edge of the hat. Rich hat jewelry first underlined the position of the wearer. In the course of the advancing uniformity, the feather headdress was increasingly regulated and sometimes became a badge of rank.
In the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance , the mercenaries brought the feather headdress on helmets and hats back into fashion.
In some armed forces the plume on the hat was reserved for special groups of troops . B. the cavalry - much to the annoyance of the mounted artillery , which was denied this uniform feature despite their status as a mounted troop.
The highland regiments of the British Army , which were set up in the 18th century, wore hats densely covered with ostrich feathers , as are still worn today by the bagpipers of Scottish associations in their parade uniform.
Shako and helmet largely supplanted the hat as military headgear, but the neck remained, even if fur, horsehair or wool were increasingly used for fashion and financial reasons.
North, Central and South America
Although only a small part of the indigenous peoples of North America feather headdress used, which was Warbonnet by numerous Wild West movies stylized for allegedly characteristic Indian headdress.
An elaborately designed feather headdress is part of the Mayan iconography of the rulers (see Copán , Piedras Negras , Bonampak and others).
In the military of the Aztecs, however, eagle warriors actually represented a branch of troops richly adorned with feathers.
Aztec eagle warriors
