Object class: Worn costume accessories / Collection place: Western Asia / Materials: Silver (metal) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bridal crown, accession number 9-5765, described as Bride’s headdress; cake-shaped headdress, round with flat top; forehead area is overlapping layers of Turkish silver-colored coins tightly packed like fish scales; similarly encrusted triangular earflaps; at brow are three rows of tubular coral beads, 1 row of coins below; crown is 4 triangles of embroidery in red and green with brown X dividing them; blue linen ground; red cotton cloth lining; back is beige and green embroidered rectangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 9-5766, described as Man’s headdress; red brocaded in yellow and silver, metal trimmings-12 solid; 4 worked with bevel for stone, one large round button, chain around front edge ending in dangling bells over each ear. Plain red cotton lining.