Hairpin Museum Gallery 繞髮柔髮簪 博物館數位典藏 髮簪資料庫
  • Antique Hairpins 古董髮簪
    • Chinese 中國髮簪
    • Kingfisher Feather 點翠髮簪
    • Japanese 日式髮簪
    • Archeological 出土髮簪
    • Double-ended 雙尖髮壓
    • Coin Hairpin 銀幣髮簪
  • Head Ornaments 頭飾&鳳冠
    • Rhinestone Opera hairpins 水鑽頭面
    • For Opera 戲冠
    • Wedding Crown 鳳冠嫁冠
    • Manchurian Hat 滿族頭飾
  • Other Ornaments 其他頭飾
    • Mei Le 金屬眉勒
    • Mei Le 刺繡眉勒
    • Hair Clips 髮夾
    • Hair Bun 真髮髮髻
    • Suzhou Juē 蘇州撅
    • Hair Frame 髮架
  • Combs 梳子
    • Ethnic Combs 民族學梳子
    • Wooden combs 木梳
    • Lacquer Comb 剔紅梳
  • Other relative 其他相關物品
    • Hairpin spoon 玉簪匙及筆洗
  • Modern Hairpins 現代髮簪
    • Mixed Media 複合媒材
    • Wood Carving 竹木雕簪
    • Hard Tissue 骨角牙簪
    • Special Hairpins 特殊髮簪
    • New Kingfisher Feather hairpins 新點翠
  • Details 髮簪細節
    • Punched Marks 落款
    • Hair Preserved on Hairpins 簪上的髮
    • Flags on Hairpins 簪上的國旗
    • Characters on Hairpins 髮簪上的文字
    • Photomicroscopy 顯微照片
  • Go to 回到博物館
    • Images gallery 影像藝廊
    • Hairpin Museum (English)
    • 髮簪博物館 (中文)

Hard Tissue Hairpins

Here are some hairpins and a comb made from hard tissues, including bone, anlter, cow's horn, water buffalo horn and a lot of strange materials. There is a very wide variety of symbols and other themes in the designs.

Shell Hairpins

Here are some very fragile shell hairpins and combs.Unfortunately the museum curator broke a lot of these!

Bone Hairpins

Here are some "bone" hairpins, some of them made from cow bone and some of them made out of deer antler. Two of the bone hairpins have been dyed to imitate the more expensive coral.

Horn hairpins (cow horn or sheep horn)

Here are some horn hairpins. Some of them made from cow horn (the light brown ones) and some of them are made from the horns of water buffalo (dark brown). Cow horn is sometimes characterised by light and dark bands or grain. Horn is much easier to carve than bone and it can be made soft and flexible by heating in water. On the hairpin with the curly ends this heating has made the horn lighter in colour and transparent.

One of the hairpins below is made from a porcupine quill. Another of the objects is made from tortoiseshell. Can you identify which ones they are?
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