She weighed people's heart and did it with the feather on her head.
Maat's symbol which is often depicted on top of her head is an ostrich feather.
In Egyptian mythology, the goddess Maat wore a feather of truth on her head. This feather of truth was a symbol of justice, as she was the goddess of justice and morality.
Ma'at is most commonly associated with, and often symbolized by a feather, specifically the Feather of Truth
Maat is a goddess of Ancient Egypt.Maat, with help from Thoth, weighed her feather and the heart of the dead. If the heart was heavy and outweighed the feather, it would be swallowed by Ammut. If it weighed the same, the soul was allowed to go on to the afterlife.Read more: What_does_ma'at_do
the feather of Maat? Am unsure but I found the following - http://www.zahihawass.com/valley_of_the_mummies.htm "In these scenes we see the god Osiris on his throne while Anubis weighs the heart of the dead against the feather of Maat" -
she wears orange,pink,blue, and green
she actually didn't wear a feather.
In ancient Egypt , when somebody died they went to the underworld after being turned into a mummy in the real world. In the underworld, the person's heart is weighed against an ostrich feather (from the god maat who wears it on her head) and if they are even then you will go to heaven, but if the heart is heavier then the heart will be eaten by the great swallower.
A porcupine roach is a type of head dress that Native Americans wear. Usually with an eagle feather or feathers.
a feather
One kind of feather that Indians wear is a black and white feather with a stripe in the middle. ^^^ that is not always true. It depends on what tribe it is. Most people assume it is that type of feather, an Eagles feather, because early photographers would pose Native American's with pre-made head dresses. The purpose of a head dress was to signify honor, rank and ultimately to block sun from the Native's face.