Headdress Ornament
A curved headdress ornament of gilt metal filigree, with openwork scrolls and lotus-like leaves backed in bright blue-green kingfisher feathers. Three round dark red cabochon stones are set along the arc, and a single metal prong extends from the centre for mounting in hair.
Look closer: A small metal prong extends from the centre underside, meant to pin the ornament into hair.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1800s–1900s
- Medium
- Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3072 × 2048 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1999).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven