Anthropology

between those European headdresses and the one on the Mexican statue. But the statue's headdress did remind me of not just the horned European headdresses, but of the ones without the horns that have a cap on the head that lets forhead hair be seen, with cloth hanging on each side of the head. There's one of those at the link I posted.

The time estimate for the statue got my imagination going on "what if?" since it does overlap a bit with the early Spanish presence in Mexico.

For peculiar headgear of the Middle Ages and very early modern times in Europe, have you seen portraits of England's Elizabeth of York, or Henry VII's mother, Margaret? They wore the "gabelled hood" type of headpiece. Looks like someone built a chapel on their heads.