![Frances Toor described the Quetzal dance headdress as a "huge wheel, over five feet in diameter, with colored paper or silk ribbons interlaced through a network of slender reeds with a border of lovely feathers... attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin." © Tony Burton, 2004](/photos/7560-cuetzalan2-p-frances-toor-described-the-quetzal-dance-headdress-as-a-h-large.jpg?1241036286 "Frances Toor described the Quetzal dance headdress as a "huge wheel, over five feet in diameter, with colored paper or")
Frances Toor described the Quetzal dance headdress as a "huge wheel, over five feet in diameter, with colored paper or silk ribbons interlaced through a network of slender reeds with a border of lovely feathers... attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin." © Tony Burton, 2004
Source article: Did You Know? Quetzal Dancers in Puebla, Mexico