Austrian museum says Moctezuma’s headdress ‘cannot be moved’

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For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-10-18/Austrian-museum-says-Moctezuma-s-headdress-cannot-be-moved–UGFGuYiDF6/index.html The curator at Vienna’s #Weltmuseum where a feather headdress said to have been worn by Aztec Emperor Moctezuma is displayed says that the piece “cannot be moved” as it is “too fragile” after Mexico’s president tasked his wife with the mission of persuading #Austria to return the pre-Hispanic relic. #Mexico

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