The Contested Crown: Repatriation Politics between Europe and Mexico

Following conflicting desires for an Aztec crown, this book explores the possibilities of repatriation.

In The Contested Crown, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll meditates on the case of a spectacular feather headdress believed to have belonged to Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs. This crown has long been the center of political and cultural power struggles, and it is one of the most contested museum claims between Europe and the Americas. Taken to Europe during the conquest of Mexico, it wa...