A L5thC coin of the Alachon Huns, who ruled in Afghanistan; note the cranial deformation: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_dinar_of_the_alchon_hun.aspx …pic.twitter.com/SMnpX9teL8
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Incidentally, the Sotherby's site above has a v good short article on Hunnic jewellery etc by Noël Adams at the bottom, well worth a read :)
Interesting article on Hunnic skull modification in Europe https://www.academia.edu/243380/Hunnic_modified_skulls_physical_appearance_identity_and_the_transformative_nature_of_migrations … Image: a woman buried in Thuringiapic.twitter.com/wojmGNoZaE
@lidongni incidentally, another example of fish scale garnet cloisonné :)
@caitlinrgreen and what a gorgeous example it is!!!
@lidongni isn't it just?! Have to say, lot of finds w/ this type of work v high status &/or gothic, as are cloisonné cicadas: v intriguing!
@caitlinrgreen They are extremely beautiful.
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