Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Standard or Head-Dress?, Vol. 1: An Historical Essay on a Relic or Ancient Mexico
It is interesting to note the gradual changes that occur in the wording of the subsequent periodical official registrations of this Moorish hat. In 1613 its description was faithfully reproduced. In 1621 the word Indian was substituted for Moorish; with this single alteration the original text was again transcribed in 1730. In 1788, however, a remarkable transformation was effected, the hat became an apron and the official record reads: An In dian apron of long green feathers. It is garnished above with a narrow band of white feathers, followed by a broad one of green, then there is a narrow stripe of red and a broad one of blue. The bands are studded with crescents or horse shoes, small circular plates and other thin gold pieces. The old inventory designates this object as an Indian hat.
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