Abstract

This study aimed to present illustration images of Geumgwan Gaya"s queen, noble women, or ordinary women who wear hair accessories. This study categorized women"s hair accessories in Geumgwan Gaya, focusing on literature and excavated artifacts related to Geumgwan Gaya, and proposes illustrations of queens, nobles, and commoners wearing hair accessories. Eleven women"s hair accessories were excavated from the Geumgwan Gaya ruins, including two combs, five comb-shaped accessories, and four binyeo pieces. The combs and binyeo pieces of the Geumgwan Gaya ruins are significant. They are relics that prove that comb and binyeo were widely used in the northwestern region of the Korean Peninsula and the central and southern regions. Since the overall appearance is similar to that of a bird, it is presumed that the view of the bird of the ancients was reflected in the comb-shaped decorations. The queen"s headdress was exemplified by referring to the comb and a piece of binyeo excavated from the 25th tomb of Jeopo-dong, Hapcheon, currently stored in the Leeum Museum. The comb and the binyeo were represented, respectively, made of bone and gold in the imaging process. Both accessories were put into the middle of the hairs, which were done in a chignon to be seen from the front. Hair accessories for noble women or their female servants were illustrated hereafter comb-shaped accessories made of bone uncovered from Daeseong-dong Ancient Tomb No. 88. The accessories are imaged differently depending on those women"s social status. More specifically, the study illustratively depicted hair accessories for noble women so that they appeared made of lacquered bone and decorated with gilded silk threads and gilded beads. In contrast, those for female servants were expressed here to be seen made of bone and beautified with lacquered silk threads and little beads. Meanwhile, this study had some limitations because it illustrated decorative hair accessories worn by the queen, noble women, and ordinary women only based on one image for each social status.

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