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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)
Silkroad Seattle at the University of Washington. Art of the Silk Road
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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