Hair Ornament Item Number: Edz1693 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

An ornamental piece that is made of clear cut circular glass (?) pieces attached with metal. There is a short thin flat rod with a point at the bottom end. A flower shape is at the top with a central clear cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by six more around the inner perimeter and twelve more around the outer perimeter. Another flower shape is below near the middle with a central clear cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by six more around the inner perimeter, twelve more around the middle perimeter, and seventeen more around the outer perimeter. There is another separate clear cut circular glass (?) piece at an angle just below the top flower. Chinese opera hair ornament most likely from the 1920's.