Headdress

Headdresses contain multiple items from wreaths and diadems to hair combs and rings. Most of these are made of precious metals and/or beads of semi-precious stone. Usually, the more elaborate the headdresses are, the higher the status of the person.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
14095	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper hair pin. Broken in 2 pieces.
14257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper head gear. Fragment in poor condition. A triangular strip of copper capped by three copper knobs-possible a comb. [drawing]
9314	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diadem (?) With uniform width and square corners, cut slightly on the curve from a thin sheet of plain gold [drawing] 1:2
8693	(none)	(none)	B16798	Diadem. Composed of two pieces of gold (imitation chain) and 3 beads, large lentoids, 2 of lapis, 1 of gold. See field notes. The gold 'chains' are made of 4 strings of twisted 2-ply gold wire soldered together: one has come unsoldered at the end. The beads must have come in the middle of the forehead and a string must have connected the gold pieces behind the head.
8790	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diadem. Gold foil. Poor condition. Broken in two pieces. Portion missing. Each end perforated. Badly bent. Roughly lentoid shape. Found in position on forehead. [drawing]
9544	(none)	(none)	B17579	Finger ring. Silver. 2 coils. [drawing]
8212	(none)	(none)	B16790	Flower head ornament in silver, lapis and gold. The whole flower is silver, a flat truncated plate of thin metal on a fairly solid stem: on the end of each of the five petals is a ball of lapis capped with gold. Two lapis beads are corroded on to the end of the stem and may belong there (see U.8210). There was certainly a second similar flower on the other side of the head (this one rose from the right ear) but it was all broken up.
12050	(none)	1929,1017.224	(none)	Flowers. 3 of gold thus [drawing 1;1], and petals of white shell, lapis & gold of 3 more. As far as could be seen the latter belonged to a comb & had silver backs: the gold flowers were on the head and may have belonged to the comb or have been attached to the hair ribbon. [drawing 1:1]
10561	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet Composed of 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 large lapis and 1 gold facetted lentoid beads and 2 carnelian ring beads
10876	(none)	1928,1010.172	(none)	Frontlet Consisting of 2 gold chains & 3 large lentoid beads
10875	(none)	(none)	B16761	Frontlet Consisting of 2 gold chains and 3 large lentoid beads
10874	(none)	1928,1010.79	(none)	Frontlet Consisting of a pair of gold chains, and 3 big beads, 2 carnelian & 1 lapis
10873	(none)	1928,1010.171	(none)	Frontlet Containing of 2 gold chains., 2 bugles of red and white agate, and a facetted lapis lentoid =probably also carnelian rings, but these were not found in position.
11962	30-12-652	(none)	(none)	Frontlet composed of 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis and 1 gold facetted lentoid beads and 4 small carnelian rings.
11944	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet consisting of 1 large gold and 2 lapis facetted lentoid beads and 4 carnelian rings and 1 lapis ball (the last may have been to fasten the chains, which was of silver and have perished.)
11914	30-12-564	(none)	(none)	Frontlet gold chain, 2 large lapis facetted lentoids, & 1 gold ditto. (one gold chain was not found)
13795	(none)	1930,1213.15	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain (one broken) 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian ring beads.
13796	(none)	1930,1213.13	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads; 4 carnelian rings.
13794	(none)	1930,1213.12	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold and 2 carnelian bugle beads; 4 small gold beads.
12221	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lapis & 1 gold facetted lentoid beads.
13793	(none)	1930,1213.14	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. I gold & 2 carnelian bugle beads square in section; 2 ribbed globular gold beads, 2 ribbed globular lapis beads.
11906	(none)	1929,1017.47	(none)	Frontlet. An ellipse of gold plate engraved with an 8-pointed star of the conventional type: at each end a wire for attachment, one ending in a loop, the other in a wooden button.
10449	(none)	(none)	B17568	Frontlet. Composed of two pieces of gold chain each 135mm, long: between which are beads, 2 carnelian and 1 gold bugle with lapis beads between them. With the body crouched at the foot of the box.
12283	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet. Consisting of 2 gold chains-double twisted links giving a square section and 2 large facetted lapis & 1-large facetted gold beads.
11770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet. Gold ring pendants (13) separated by carnelian rings & small lapis bugles. (see Field Notes).