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)
53	(none)	1923,1110.170	(none)	Gold mouth piece. Formed of thin gold plate cut to shape as below: [references drawing] The ends of the band pierced for stringing. [drawing]
2793	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold strip. Narrow strip of thin metal rolled up.
7951	(none)	1928,1009.174	(none)	Gold diadem. An oval strip of gold leaf with rounded ends: at each end a small hole; along the edge stamped dots. To this was attached a strip of similar thin gold, now in pieces, originally with a hole at each end for attachment to the oval front piece, but one end is missing.
8003	(none)	1928,1009.175	(none)	Gold diadem. Made of fairly heavy strip gold, plain, but with a line of minute punctures along each edge.
8039A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of silver hair rings(?) or earrings. Usual lunate type. [drawing]
8150	(none)	(none)	(none)	Hair ring? or earring? Silver. [drawing] not to scale.
8291	(none)	1928,1009.196	(none)	Hair ring or earring. Silver. 1 1/2 coils of thick silver.
8524A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head.
8752	(none)	(none)	(none)	1 gold foil diadem. Broken in 3 pieces. Each end perforated for attachment to forehead.
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]
8913	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Made of sheet gold, an oval 0185 x 0065, with a star rosette in the center made with impressed lines: at each end of the hole through which pass the gold wires for attachment behind the head.
8930	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold ring spacer. [drawing 1:1]
8959	(none)	1928,1009.176	(none)	Gold diadem. A plain ribbon of thin gold leaf with holes at the ends for strings. Found on the skull.
9101	(none)	1928,1009.308	(none)	Copper blade Oval and apparently sharpened all around [drawing]
9167	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem Plain narrow gold ribbon with hole at each end
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
9554	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Diadem Very thin gold leaf Plain (broken) [drawing]
9636	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Diadem Narrow gold ribbon lightly twisted (broken into 2 parts) See Field Notes
9667A	(none)	1935,0113.430	(none)	[A-B] 2 Gold Diadems Fragments Worn round forehead Both beyond repair [drawing]
9667B	(none)	1935,0113.430	(none)	[A-B] 2 Gold Diadems Fragments Worn round forehead Both beyond repair [drawing]
9705	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Made of thin gold leaf. Hole perforated at each end for attachment to forehead. [drawing]
9706	(none)	(none)	(none)	Twisted gold ribbon Probably worn on forehead above gold diadem U.9705 Coiled to give the appearance of a half chain
9763	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Diadem [drawing]
9810	(none)	1928,1010.265	(none)	Gold diadem Thin gold leaf worn over forehead. Reddish gold [drawing] 1:1
9811A	(none)	1928,1010.266	(none)	[A-F] Gold Ribbons. (6) All consist of long undulating coils, and are perforated at each end for attachment. 5 of these were found running at right angles to the diadem 9810 cf. Field Notes - the sixth was found beneath it and parallel to it; this one however may have slipped from above. One of the ribbons has a special interest as on its under side it shows the imprint of very fine network. Probably therefore the head was veiled. The 2 central ribbons are the longest; the side ribbons are shorter.