Tiger Claw Jewel

Japan

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Jewelry adorns and defines the body, both physically and socially. These Kofun period (250–600) pieces belonged to shamans and kings and were buried with them. Leaders commanded authority as much in death as they did in life.

Tiger Claw Jewel, Agate (?), Japan

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