U Number : 10795
Description (Catalog Card) : Head Ornament
Cloisonne work consisting of a circular piece of gold foil inlaid with lapis and carnelian. Lower portion of the ornament is cut to represent a crescent moon
[drawing with color key: black=lapis inlay, grey=carnelian inlay, white= cold foil] 1:1
Part of the inlay missing. A second similar was found on the head hopelessly broken and fragmentary. These seem to have been worn as ornaments on top of the head possibly on the crown of a wig?