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)
17813P	32-40-440	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813M	32-40-443A	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813L	32-40-439	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813K	(none)	1932,1008.10	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813C	32-40-443B	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813B	32-40-441	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813A	(none)	1932,1008.9	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17810H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From a single burial. (A) [A, G-H] 3 gold frontlets, oval type with prolongations pierced for threads, but one broken and incomplete. [drawing] (B) Fillet of twisted gold ribbon. (C) [C and I] Gold earrings, a pair , small hollow lunate type. (D) One silver earring, same type. (E) Beads, gold balls, double conoids and diamonds (some balls fluted) carnelian and lapis diamonds, carnelian bugles and balls and barrels, lapis double conoids : order uncertain. (F) Copper dagger.
17810G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From a single burial. (A) [A, G-H] 3 gold frontlets, oval type with prolongations pierced for threads, but one broken and incomplete. [drawing] (B) Fillet of twisted gold ribbon. (C) [C and I] Gold earrings, a pair , small hollow lunate type. (D) One silver earring, same type. (E) Beads, gold balls, double conoids and diamonds (some balls fluted) carnelian and lapis diamonds, carnelian bugles and balls and barrels, lapis double conoids : order uncertain. (F) Copper dagger.
17810B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From a single burial. (A) [A, G-H] 3 gold frontlets, oval type with prolongations pierced for threads, but one broken and incomplete. [drawing] (B) Fillet of twisted gold ribbon. (C) [C and I] Gold earrings, a pair , small hollow lunate type. (D) One silver earring, same type. (E) Beads, gold balls, double conoids and diamonds (some balls fluted) carnelian and lapis diamonds, carnelian bugles and balls and barrels, lapis double conoids : order uncertain. (F) Copper dagger.
17810A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From a single burial. (A) [A, G-H] 3 gold frontlets, oval type with prolongations pierced for threads, but one broken and incomplete. [drawing] (B) Fillet of twisted gold ribbon. (C) [C and I] Gold earrings, a pair , small hollow lunate type. (D) One silver earring, same type. (E) Beads, gold balls, double conoids and diamonds (some balls fluted) carnelian and lapis diamonds, carnelian bugles and balls and barrels, lapis double conoids : order uncertain. (F) Copper dagger.
17807D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Groups. From one burial. (A) [A and G] Gold earrings, each made of two complete earrings, intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads: very small gold tubes and very small agate bugles strung alternately, gold and carnelian diamonds strung alternately. 2 lapis bugles, 3 agate bugles (one very long), a cat's eye and a crystal lentoid. (C) Twisted gold hair-ribbon much broken. (D) Gold frontlet, plain oval. (E) Gold finger ring, plain hoop of wire. (F) Gold finger ring , thin metal bent over to form a ribbed hoop.
17807C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Groups. From one burial. (A) [A and G] Gold earrings, each made of two complete earrings, intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads: very small gold tubes and very small agate bugles strung alternately, gold and carnelian diamonds strung alternately. 2 lapis bugles, 3 agate bugles (one very long), a cat's eye and a crystal lentoid. (C) Twisted gold hair-ribbon much broken. (D) Gold frontlet, plain oval. (E) Gold finger ring, plain hoop of wire. (F) Gold finger ring , thin metal bent over to form a ribbed hoop.
17806A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Groups: From one burial. (A) Gold fillet, of narrow thin ribbon, twisted. (B) [B.1-.2] A pair of gold earrings, each consisting of two complete earrings intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type: in each case, one earring is fatter than the other: D.'s 15mm and 13mm respectively. One hoop is broken. (C) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, standing, human figures roughly cut. (D)Gold finger ring, hollow tube pressed in along the periphery thus [drawing]. (E) Beads: gold and carnelian, lapis and silver diamonds: gold and carnelian barrels and double conoids; mixed types, large lentoids, bugles, balls and double conoids of carnelian, agate, lapis. For order see field notes.
17804A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) Gold fillet: Very thin ribbon, broken. (B) [B and E] Two gold earrings, small hollow lunate types. (C) [C and F] Two gold finger rings, hoops of metal bent so as to make a rigid or double bend. (D) Beads: 3 very small gold balls, carnelian, agate, lapis and chalcedony lentoids, barrels flattened oblong and double conoids; only a few.
17800A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: From one grave. (A) Gold fillet, a twisted ribbon: very thin, poor metal. (B) Beads: Small carnelian balls and very small gold balls, fluted. (C) Copper pin, straight, with carnelian ball head. (D) Copper finger ring.
17615	(none)	(none)	(none)	Leaf of gold frontlet. Pierced at either end. [drawing 1:1]
17367	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Strip of poor gold ribbon. [drawing 1:1]
17034	(none)	(none)	(none)	Hair pin. Copper. Bent head. Circular in section [drawing 1:1]
15457B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold ribbon frontlets. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]
15457A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold ribbon frontlets. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]
15319	(none)	1930,1213.3	(none)	Gold fillet. [drawing]
15311B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold fillets; 2 of 2. Of very thin metal and one small lunate gold earring. [drawing]
15311A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold fillets; 1 of 2. Of very thin metal and one small lunate gold earring. [drawing]
15310A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) Narrow gold ribbon spirally twisted: (B) Gold finger ring made from a strip of thin metal with the edges curled over to imitate 2 solid hoops; (C) Beads from necklace: carnelian, lapis, gold, hematite, agate, steatite: for order see field notes.; (D) Small gold and lapis ball head; (E) Small lapis & carnelian beads (only about 5 altogether, mixed in box with (D). See Field Notes.