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53. A Miniature N eolithic Jade Bird Head Finial
Late Shijiahe Culture, circa 2300–1600 B.C.
in the form of a stylized eagle head with prominent hooked beak, the hollow neck drilled at the
base and pierced at opposite sides for mounting.
Width ⁄3 inch (1.7 cm)
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อͩኜࣛ˾cͩ࢕ئ᜻࠯Җ͗ڽcᄱ 1.7᩶Ϸ

54. A N eolithic Jade ‘Eagle’ Hair Ornament ( Ji )
Late Shijiahe Culture, circa 2300–1600 B.C.

the noble bird with grooved wings folded back and crested head held erect, compactly carved
as the upper half of a thick rod which continues down to a ribbed section drilled with a narrow
transverse channel above the sharp pointed end of chiseled arrowhead shape, the onion green
stone with a cloudy tan colored area on one side.
Length 3¼ inches (8.2 cm)

A very similar late Shijiahe eagle pattern jade hair ornament in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
is illustrated in Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth—Chinese Jades Through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, p. 57, pl. 4-5-11, where
the author attributes this type of jade hairpin to “…the bird-worshipping Yi people…” from Northeast China around the
Shandong peninsula who moved “…to the middle reaches of the Yangzi River, taking eagle worship to their new home.
They loved to fix their hair using a jade pin with eagle pattern in order to be blessed by the eagle god.”
Another similar Shijiahe culture eagle pattern jade pin discovered in the tomb of Fu Hao (circa 1200 B.C.) is illustrated in
Yinxu Fu Hao mu (Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang), Beijing, 1980, pl. CLXII, no. 942.
อͩኜࣛ˾cͩ࢕ئ᜻Җ͗ᶍcڗ 8.2᩶Ϸ

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