Part of a woman’s ornamental headdress (see also Ee70 a-b). The headdress (called the perak) is a long (69 cm), straight, narrow (9 cm tapering to 5.5 cm) strip, shaped like a cobra snake with a broad head and long, narrow tail, made of several layers of stiffened cotton textile or felt that is covered with red cotton textile. The head of the cobra is embellished with irregularly shaped stones that have been stitched to the surface (thirty-three pieces of turquoise and green malachite, along with four pieces of agate, two of which are surrounded by rings of turquoise inlay), and two silver kagu or amulets. The body and tail of the cobra are embellished with three long, vertical rows of white cowrie shells, and there is a small brass bell at the tip of the tail. Permanently hand stitched to the left side of the tail of the perak is a rectangular piece (9.8 cm x 33 cm) of similar design, called the chuti. It is embellished with nine vertical rows of coral beads, accented with lapis and jet beads; at the top of the chuti, there is a rectangular amulet with turquoise inlay and gold leaf. An oval shaped piece of agate in a silver setting is at the base of the chuti. On the underside of the headdress, at about the middle of the tail of the perak, a strip of metallic silver mesh, reinforced by stiff cotton textile, is affixed; there is a small silver hook at one end of the mesh strip and a small brass hook at the other end. (Image shows Ee70 a-b -Ee71.)

Cut-out repousse metal plaque with a hole at each top corner. Overall appearance of top half of a face with eyes represented by concentric circles, forehead, and a headdress with snakes descending on both sides. Near the centre of the headdress is a circle of cut-out triangles and other shapes (six total), and there are diagonal lines cut out from the edge. Gilded surface.

Cut-out, repousse, gilded square metal plaque with eight equidistant holes at edges. Same motif repeated on both halves: two heads, one up and one down, with plumes and one paw surrounded by bands with zig-zagged edges and rows of repousse dots at centre of bands.

Cut-out, repousse, gilded square metal plaque with eight equidistant holes at edges. Same motif repeated on both halves: two heads, one up and one down, with plumes and one paw surrounded by bands with fluted edges and repousse dots at centre of bands. Textile pseudomorphs and remains at two holes, these appear to be due to original hanging cords. Reverse side has a slightly duller metallic surface.

Cut-out, repousse, gilded square metal plaque with eight equidistant holes at edges. Same motif repeated on both halves: two heads, one up and one down, with plumes and one paw surrounded by bands with zig-zagged edges and rows of repousse dots at centre of bands.

Gilded repousse sheet metal plaque with six holes (three along each of the two longest edges). Two thirds of the plaque has a repousse stepped design at the edges with three circles running lengthwise down the centre. The remaining third has two circular bumps at the centre with diagonal lines to the sides and a long, oval shaped bump at the centre. Interior is also gilded with some brown metal showing through in a textile pseudomorph pattern.

Rectangular gilded sheet metal strip with series of six cut out step design elements joined at points by a band.

Gilded sheet metal strip with cut out step design along top. Flat along bottom and right side; at right bottom is a small hole. Heavy green deposit, gilding shows through where flaked other side, some red and white deposit and textile pseudomorph.

A roughly circular plaque with two rounded protuberances. Has the appearance of a frontal view of a simplified animal head with ears at the top. There is a horizontal serrated cut in the centre of the plaque, representing teeth. Slightly convex with gilded surface. There are two holes, one below each ear near the edge. The plaque is in two pieces. Above it are two repousse circles with a repousse raised oval between them.

A roughly circular and slightly convex plaque with the appearance of a frontal view of a simplified animal head with ears at the top. Both ears are broken off, however one ear (b) remains. There are two holes at the outer edge. There is a horizontal serrated cut in the centre of the plaque representing teeth, and above it are two convex circles with a raised oval in between, representing eyes and a nose.