Headdress Ornament
A gilt metal headdress ornament shaped as a stylized bird or phoenix, with turquoise kingfisher-feather inlay on its wings and tail. Thin wire coils hang from the base, each ending in a small round bead.
Look closer: Small wire coils and beads dangle from the lower left and bottom of the ornament.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1700s or 1800s
- Medium
- Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2048 × 3072 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
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