Answers.Body: <p>Looks like a minifigure headgear accessory, specifically a <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029b" rel="nofollow noreferrer">feathered headdress plume (no. 6029b)</a>:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/B2Q86.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>It's appeared in <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6029b&amp;in=S" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a number of sets</a>, most with pirate, castle, or western themes and sometimes as an extra part. It's sometimes packaged in a <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029c01" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"Plume Wheel"</a> (i.e. still in a circular runner with some <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cattle horns</a>), and is typically used for <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6029b&amp;in=M" rel="nofollow noreferrer">islander minifigs</a>:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vzXFR.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nISmh.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the identification. I now completely remember these from the Lego Racers game.
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Body: <p>I came across this interesting piece:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/yY87z.jpg" alt="An interesting piece"></p>
  
  <p>Now, I'm not sure it is a hood ornament, but I would like to know <em>what</em> it is. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It doesn't look like a fleur de lys...
Comments.UserDisplayName: Coyote
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Comments.Text: I think you may have stolen King Kahuka's tribal feather-thingy...
Comments.UserDisplayName: Peter Cassetta
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Comments.CreationDate: 2012-01-13T12:50:14.583Z
Comments.Text: @Coyote I was trying to think of something to liken it to. It kind of looks like the top half of a fleur-de-lis, if you squint your eyes.
Comments.UserDisplayName: RedRiderX
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Comments.CreationDate: 2012-01-13T16:30:57.503Z
Comments.Text: LOL, ok. PeterDC seems to be right... It's a feather ornament, it doesn't look like the ones on medieval helmets so it might be one of the tribal ones.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Coyote
Tags: <part-identification>
Title: Is this a fleur-de-lis hood ornament, or something else?
UserDisplayName: RedRiderX
ThreadText: # Is this a fleur-de-lis hood ornament, or something else?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-13)
  
  I came across this interesting piece:
  
  ![An interesting piece](https://i.sstatic.net/yY87z.jpg)
  
  Now, I'm not sure it is a hood ornament, but I would like to know *what* it is. Any help would be appreciated.
  
  **Tags:** part-identification
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It doesn't look like a fleur de lys...  
  > **username_2**: I think you may have stolen King Kahuka's tribal feather-thingy...  
  > **username_0**: @Coyote I was trying to think of something to liken it to. It kind of looks like the top half of a fleur-de-lis, if you squint your eyes.  
  > **username_1**: LOL, ok. PeterDC seems to be right... It's a feather ornament, it doesn't look like the ones on medieval helmets so it might be one of the tribal ones.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-01-13. Score: 11 | Accepted answer
  
  Looks like a minifigure headgear accessory, specifically a [feathered headdress plume (no. 6029b)](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029b):
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/B2Q86.jpg)
  
  It's appeared in [a number of sets](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6029b&in=S), most with pirate, castle, or western themes and sometimes as an extra part. It's sometimes packaged in a ["Plume Wheel"](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029c01) (i.e. still in a circular runner with some [cattle horns](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6029a)), and is typically used for [islander minifigs](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6029b&in=M):
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vzXFR.jpg)
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/nISmh.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the identification. I now completely remember these from the Lego Racers game.  
  
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