Printing with <i>tonalli</i>: Reproducing Featherwork from Precolonial Mexico Using Structural Colorants

Two of the most significant cases of extant 16th-century featherwork from Mexico are the so-called Moctezuma’s headdress and the Ahuizotl shield. While the feathers used in these artworks exhibit lightfast colors, their assembly comprises mainly organic materials, which makes them extremely fragile....

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Main Authors: Abigail Trujillo-Vazquez, Fereshteh Abedini, Alina Pranovich, Carinna Parraman, Susanne Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Colorants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6447/2/4/33