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Head ornament

ca. 3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ornament; small thin plaque with slightly convex surface, rounded top, and straight base; mottled white and golden tan; satin smooth surface; reverse is slightly concave and covered with chalky white deposit; three small, two-holed conical perforations for attachment bored horizontally, at top, and each side. (Granular chipped areas.) One of a set; see F1917.378a, F1917.378b, and F1917.378c.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineHead ornament. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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