Hair Jewellery
ANCIENT JEWELLERY EXHIBITED IN ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM
Head Jewellery
Hair Jewellery
Golden hair rings are seen in Anatolia since the Bronze Period. It is assumed that the rings found near the head of the skeleton in Alacahöyük graves were used for tying the hair or as ornaments for hair. We can say that the types made by coating a thin golden sheet over the internal model are put on hair by preparing before in bent position and the massive types took this shape while they were being wound around the hair.
 | Name: | Hair or cloth barrette and needle |
| Type: | Gold |
| Location where it came from: | Alacahöyük |
| Way of Coming: | Exc. find |
| Dimensions:: | H:8cm W:15.2cm |
| Weight: | 50.63 gr |
| Period: | The Ancient Bronze |
There are point relief ornaments made with a repousse technique. A head of the golden needle of a barrette consists of one quartz crystal and one golden bead.
 | Name: | Hair or cloth barrette and needle |
| Type: | Gold |
| Location where it came from: | Alacahöyük |
| Way of Coming: | Exc. find |
| Dimensions:: | L:7.7cm
W:12.9cm |
| Weight: | 49 gr. |
| Period: | The Ancient Bronze Age |
It is made by cutting from a golden sheet. It is in the form of two circles placed aside. It is ornamented with a point and a circle relief made in a repousse technique. The six - part, knotted golden needle of the barrette is inserted into two holes opened across each other on the surface of a barrette.
 | Name: | Hair barrette |
| Type: | Altın |
| Location where it came from: | Alacahöyük |
| Way of Coming: | Exc. find |
| Dimensions:: | H: 1.4 cm |
| Weight: | 10.0gr. |
| Period: | Ancient Bronze |
It is the coating of a thin golden sheet on spiral shaped internal mould. The ends are bumped; there is a small hole on one end. Hair ornaments are made by winding the empty round golden pipe twisted in spiral shape around the hair.
 | Name: | Hair barrette |
| Type: | Gold |
| Location where it came from: | Alacahöyük |
| Way of Coming: | Exc. find |
| Dimensions:: | H:1.cm W:1.4 cm |
| Weight: | 4.6 gr. |
| Period: | The Ancient Bronze Age |
It is made by twisting a massive triangle profiled golden band in spiral shape
 | Name: | Hair ornament |
| Type: | Sİlver |
| Location where it came from: | Göller region |
| Way of Coming: | Purchase |
| Dimensions:: | D: 1.8 cm
Thick:0.3cm |
| Weight: | 2.3-2.4 gr |
| Period: | The Ancient Bronze Age |
A ring with open ends is made by rotating a solid silver wire twice in spiral form. This is a typical hair ornament of the period.
 | Name: | Hair barrette |
| Type: | Gold |
| Location where it came from: | Karaoğlan |
| Way of Coming: | Not known |
| Dimensions:: | D:2.4-2.2 cm |
| Weight: | 14.8 gr. |
| Period: | The 1st millenium BC |
The ends of t a massive ring overlap.