The Indus Civilization c7.25

c7.25

Several statues unearthed at Mohenjo-daro show, as we have seen, that, as in Sumer, fillets or head-bands were worn round the forehead (Pl. H). Quite a number of these have been found with the other jewellery, coiled into rolls to save space, and in many cases still retaining their flexibility. These fillets are usually thin ribbons of gold, a little under half an inch in width, and sometimes as much as sixteen inches long. The ends are rounded and pierced with a small hole to enable them to be tied together. As a rule, the fillets are severely plain, but specimens are known with holes bored along one edge to enable ornaments to be suspended from them, and in one case a device was indented at both ends of the band. Fillets ornamented in a similar way, either be assumed that such compound beads were designed to deceive buyers who regarded regularly veined stones as being more precious than if irregularly veined.