feathers

[Matthew Amt]

Yup. Get white goose feathers (the goose being sacred to Jupiter), and dye them. A tiny bit of Tyrian purple would be wonderful, of course, otherwise just use madder and overdye with indigo. A purplish red or crimson was probably more common than true purple, I'd guess.

I actually mixed red and blue leather dye for mine! But it's not waterproof. Fabric dyes will work.

Matthew