Headdress Ornament
Unknown Artist
c. 300 BCE–200 CE
Medium
hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
Dimensions
5.2 × 4.6 cm
Classification
Jewelry
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Norweb Collection
Accession Number
1940.511
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
A similar star-shaped metal ornament is present on a human-hair wig from a mummy excavated at the Paracas Necropolis site. The wig has tresses wrapped with colored yarns, and a long headband wrapped many times around the head. The star-shaped ornament is attached to the headband, and a circular metal ornament is attached to the braid.