Exhibiting Historical Art: Out of the Vault: Stories of People and Things

Gold Headband Concluding Remarks

At each stop along its journey this single headband interacted with ever-changing individuals and cultures, each making their mark. The survival of important historical objects, such as this one, depends on the object’s value in its given context. Particularly with gold, which can so easily be melted down into something else, the workmanship of a goldsmith thousands of years old, can at any moment be lost. Without protection, as soon as the value of the gold itself supersedes that of the piece, this will occur. What comes next in the journey of this headband is unknown but whether it is melted down and re-used or remains intact; it will outlive all of us and hopefully continue to tell its story. 
 

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