Headdress from Nepal

• country - Nepal
• materials - gold, turquoise
• object - headdress
• object date - 19th/20th Century
• source - Linda Pastorino

This headdress is virtually identical in design to the example shown in Hannelore Gabriel’s authoritative Jewelry of Nepal, p. 74, a so-called lunya swan; probably Newar work. It is worn like a hat on the back of the head.