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Headdress

Hu peoples

Warring States period (403-221 BCE)

Gold, turquoise

H: 7.1 cm; D: 16.5 cm

From Aluchaideng Site in the Ordos

Image courtesy of the Inner Mongolian Museum, Huhehaote (copyright reserved)

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Plaque illustrating a devoured ox

Hu peoples

Warring States era (403-221 BC)

Gold

L: 12.7 cm; W: 7.4 cm

From Aluchaideng Site in the Ordos

Image courtesy of the Inner Mongolian Museum, Huhehaote (copyright reserved)

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Earrings

Xiongnu peoples

4th-2nd c BC

Gold, semi-precious stones

From Tomb #4, Xigoupan Site

Image courtesy of the Inner Mongolian Museum, Huhehaote (copyright reserved)

These earrings were found in a Xiongnu tomb as part of a larger headdress ensemble. They feature openwork pendants of white jade carved into patterns of a rampant tiger and dragon, attached to gold plaques decorated with figures of deer. The deer are produced in relief, and once served as mountings for green jade inlay, of which a fragment remains intact. The headdress is also constructed of gold, hammered, shaped and inlayed with mother-of-pearl, quartz, agate, amber and glass beads.

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