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An Akan woman with gold ornaments. Jewelry takes a variety of forms in Akan culture. The Akan people create neck-wear, wrist bands, elbow-wear, knee-wear, finger adornment such as rings, and ankle-wear. Gender-specific jewelry includes hat pins and headbands for men and earrings and hairpins for the women.
Coin of Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire, shown wearing a diadem, which was a type of headband tied around the head. Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, "of King Antiochus". Gold and silver diadem of Philip II of Macedonia. This is one type of diadem used by Macedonian and Hellenistic rulers.
The term ferronnière for describing such headbands was probably coined in the early nineteenth century. Merriam-Webster date the earliest use of the term to 1831, [4] and the Oxford English Dictionary notes that their record of the earliest usage of the term is located in a mid-19th-century publication called World of Fashion. [5]
Examples of jewelry worn by the higher social classes include solid gold necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, and bulla with many variations within these classes of jewelry. Some bracelets were used without clasps (solid gold snake bracelets), while others used gold pins or small gold screws to fasten the bracelet to the wrist. [5] [6]
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To complete the bold look, Zendaya wore a black headband and polka-dot-print shoes. The actor resembled Joan of Arc at the 2018 Met Gala. Zendaya attends the Met Gala in New York City on May 7, 2018.