Tortoise-Shell Comb with Gold and Jade Inlaid Flower Design
Made of hawksbull skin, this comb is designed to be worn for decoration. The elaborately ornate comb is unusually shaped with a broad ridge and handle forming almost a right angle with the teeth. Flower-patterned pendants with small leaves suspended from a gold wire, hang from small holes bored into the border strip between the teeth and handle. Flower patterns on both the pendants and handle are exquisitely engraved with gold thread and inlaid with green nephrite; (housed at the Ho-Am Art Museum).

Jokduri (Woman’s Ceremonial Headdress)
Following the prohibition of women’s formal hairdos by King Young­Jo during the late Chosan Dynasty, the jokduri, akin to flower-shaped ceremonial coronets, began to be worn to decorate the chignon on ceremonial occasions. This headdress is one of the most extravagantly elaborate example, made of black cloth and decorated with gold-plated metal imprints of Chinese characters signifying happiness, and Chinese phoenix patterns on the sides with jewels of three different colors and fluttering ornaments using springs at the top; (owned by the Museum of Sookmyung Women’s University).

Tteoljam (Fluttering Hairpin)
Tteoljam, or fluttering hairpins, were used by aristocratic and upper-class women at ceremonies to decorate their formal hairdo by inserting the hairpins in the center and sides of the hairdo. Fluttering hairpins come in various shapes including circular, square, and butterfly shapes. This fluttering hairpin is decorated with cloisonne, pearl and coral on a round jade plate; (housed at the Chang Pu-deok Memorial Gallery at Ewha Womans University Museum).